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Bill: Foreign marriage Act!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Nationalist Party
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: May 2424
Description[?]:
| We believe that Foreign Marriage is used to get people into the country and that they have a high rate of collapse. We believe that this is bad for the family unit and will weaken the nation, therefor we believe that it is better for both the family unit and society that marriage only take place between Citizens of Lodamun. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: No foreign marriages are recognised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:36:40, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | This is most bizarre. Surely such sham marriages used to get past immigration laws are going to happen within Lodamun, rather than outside. We see this as an attack on marriage, and therefore cannot support this Bill. |
| Date | 16:58:09, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | If a person has already got citizenship of Lodamun they would of already passed immigration laws therfor they would not need to get pass the immigration laws through marriage. Your argument is flawed and this will will actually defend marriage and fight the collapse of marriages. |
| Date | 21:20:51, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | The current law is fine. Foreign marraiges that comply with Lodamun's marraige policy should be recognized. It is a sensible law. |
| Date | 22:25:46, July 04, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | Marriages can comply, but then they get into the country and they split up. Does anyone have difficulty understanding that? |
| Date | 01:27:47, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | :o wow the URP have voted yes. |
| Date | 03:47:10, July 05, 2007 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | Actually this bill doesn't matter, Since the government officially has no involvement in marriages at all. The URP feels marriage cannot be used as a factor to determine who can become a citizen or gain permanent status - these are also dealt with under separate laws. The URP seeks the comment of the Justice Minister, Noel de Malhortye, on this issue: Is it legal to consider marriages, all of which are unrecognized, as a criterion for gaining citizenship or permanent residency? |
| Date | 12:47:09, July 05, 2007 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Foreign marriage Act! |
| Message | NP, your argument is flawed if you seriously believe enough foreign marriages are coming here and then getting divorced, its nonsense. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 267 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 332 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "Proud Darnussians? Darnussian is an insult, nothing more! You should all try to be more like we are, the Narikatonites!" - Nikolai Shukanov, former Narikatonite politician |