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Bill: Cross Dressing Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Nationalist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2415
Description[?]:
| We believe that these acts will lead Lodamun into a state of immorality and perversion, also this can cause problems for identification if crimes are committed. This will not be enforced for state recognised festivals such Halloween. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government position in respect to crossdressing policy.
Old value:: Crossdressing is allowed.
Current: Crossdressing is allowed.
Proposed: Crossdressing is prohibited by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:41:34, June 16, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Crossdressing may be disturbing, but why ban it? Also, does NP propose building more prisons to deal with the influx we can expect after every Halloween? |
| Date | 14:52:20, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | We have added a clause now to exclude festivals such as Halloween. |
| Date | 15:08:24, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Liberal-Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | We fervently support. Cross-dressing is a pursuit of sick, perverted abominations. They create an unsafe environment for this nation's children, and cause a public eyesore for the rest of society. If these perverts want to behave in such a sick and demented fashion, they can do so in the privacy of their own home, where no normal people have to witness these abhorrant displays of gender confusion. |
| Date | 18:10:24, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | The NP is in support of foreign holidays such as Halloween? That comes as a bit of a surprise. |
| Date | 18:26:28, June 16, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Do we really think that we are going to attack personal liberty in such a drastic way as to impose a dress code? I mean, seriously? Will people not allowed to die their hair, or where chains next? |
| Date | 19:39:31, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Halloween foreign, explain please. |
| Date | 00:31:44, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Liberal-Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | The LLCP believes that dying hair and wearing chains is one thing - practicing open gender confusion in public where children may be confused by what they see is another altogether. We would like to protect the liberty of the children - not the liberty of strange, morally reprehensible social outcasts. |
| Date | 04:39:04, June 17, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | We should protect the liberty of ALL Lodamun citizens: whether we consider them to be strange or not. Like it or not, crossdressing doesn't cause any harm and should be protected as a freedom; the federal government has no right to determine how its citizens dress. Furthermore, the NDP fails to see how "gender confusion" creates an "unsafe environment ." Please explain how a national dress code solves any of our problems. |
| Date | 06:39:49, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Wow, assuming the LDP votes "no" this will pass by 1 vote. Congrats. Will restricting dress length come next? It leaves no one confused about gender but too short would be distracting for men. |
| Date | 08:07:53, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Perhaps the Nationalist Party will soon fund the purchace of burqas for Lodamese women from their coffers. |
| Date | 09:06:57, June 17, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | I am shocked that the MRP supported this bill. I believe this strange NP/MRP coalition will lose seats next election. I'd suggest FL or LDP draft a bill after this passes to restore the status quo and put it up for a vote after next election. It'd be a good way to boost the standing of your party and reverse this horrible assault on the freedom of sick freaks everywhere. |
| Date | 09:08:23, June 17, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | ooc: this is why I always like to have parliaments with odd numbers of seats. I lost but I like this passing by only one vote - close! |
| Date | 10:00:38, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Liberal-Conservative Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | We would like to, in response to the NDP, claim our reasoning behind why we feel that public crossdressing creates an unsafe environment for children: first of all, children are extremely impressionable. When they are growing up, they need to be taught what is right, and what is wrong, so that they will grow to be healthy-minded individuals as adults. Their minds are virtually like sponges that soak up everything and anything that they see or hear, and they are influenced by absolutely everything. As such, when a five year old child sees a man walking around in public with eye shadow, lipstick, a mini skirt, high-heels and a handbag, the child will be utterly confused - this is not the way this is supposed to be. Men dress like men, women dress like women - there is no inbetween. Exposing children to this kind of public filth may scar their impressionable minds and may effect their childhood. It may cause them to become confused about the important distinctions between masculine and feminine, and may lead to their own gender confusion. And, considering that alot of these outcasts are dressing and behaving in a fashion contrary to their gender simply because they want to and because they are trying to make a social statement through their dress-code, we believe that we know what is more important out of their 'liberty' to do this, and the child's right to an un-corrupted childhood. |
| Date | 10:37:20, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | The LDP finds it impossible to take seriously an argument that talks about subjects such as "dress code" and "making social statements"...and then puts the word "liberty" in quotes as if these things have nothing to do at all with liberty. And if these "outcasts" are dressing this way "simply because they want to" - all the more reason to support that decision...if you support liberty. Liberty - 1. freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control. 2. freedom from external or foreign rule; independence. 3. freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice. (dictionary.com) "Exposing children to this kind of public filth may scar their impressionable minds and may effect their childhood. It may cause them to become confused about the important distinctions between masculine and feminine, and may lead to their own gender confusion." Would you make this argument about a man wearing a kilt? How about 150 years ago? Do you support women wearing pants/slacks? Doesn't a priest wearing a robe look different than a man in a business suit? Won't children be confused? Who do you change, the business man or the priest? Perhaps the "effect" asking these kinds of questions would have on an impressionable child's life would be to show the child just how diverse this world really is, and how many different kinds of people can live alongside each other. |
| Date | 10:40:53, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | In addition, the LDP would like to stand with the United Republics in expressing our extreme dismay that the "Moderate" Republican Party voted in favor of this bill. We would ask for an explaination, at the very least. |
| Date | 12:35:26, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | You could also use the same argument that its the freedom/liberty for adults to have sexual intercourse with children. It is wrong and requires prevention, the NP has defended freedom and liberty, however some times you need to draw a line in the sand. |
| Date | 12:45:47, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | That is simply not the same argument. There is a world of difference to wear a dress where you may be seen publicly by a child - it is a completly different matter to have sexual intercourse WITH that child. Can you not see the difference between wearing eyeliner and fornication? If not, where are you buying your eyeliner? |
| Date | 17:31:48, June 17, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cross Dressing Act |
| Message | Hear, hear. It's sad we aren't all gifted with the Liberal-Conservative Party's positive knowledge of right and wrong. Let's repeal this law and re institute status quo before our neighbors notice the shameful behavior taking place in the United Kingdoms of Lodamun. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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