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Bill: NMP Civil Unions Bill
Details
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 2425
Description[?]:
| We believe that the government should involve itself in civil unions, and it should recognise that such unions are the building block of stable families. As such it should only recognise civil unions between a man and a woman, so as to ensure that the best interests of families are promoted. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government does not involve itself in marriage or civil unions.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:29:40, July 02, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | Why take an exclusionary stance? We currently have no stance, so why create a framework to exclude a certain group? |
| Date | 22:34:44, July 02, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | Because marriage is an exclusionary concept anyway, and we prefer the traditional notion of marriage to a system that allows more than two people to marry. |
| Date | 10:03:45, July 03, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | marriage isn't exclusionary currently, you're making it exclusionary. |
| Date | 13:28:59, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | Marriage involves, currently, two or several people coming together to form an exclusionary relationship. Marriage itself is an exclusionary concept, regardless of laws in this nation. |
| Date | 15:48:47, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | While we can agree with the NMP's statements personally, we do not feel that this is any business of the state's and therefore cannot support legislation that would limit our citizen's rights in this matter. |
| Date | 16:24:41, July 06, 2007 CET | From | The Unified Lodamun Party | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | Marriage is nothing aside from a religious event that the government has gotten its' sticky fingers involved with. I heartily support getting back to what marriage should be. |
| Date | 19:06:33, July 06, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | What's wrong with allowing a homosexual couple to marry? Personally, I think it is very strange, but shouldn't each person have the right to choose who they marry? |
| Date | 13:32:24, July 07, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the NMP Civil Unions Bill |
| Message | Would the MRP support a future move to make marriage between two people then? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 196 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 355 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
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