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Bill: The Free Exercise of Religion Act!!!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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: June 2435
Description[?]:
This comprehensive legislation will simply ensure that the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Rutania will be STRICTLY enforced as not to require an "official state religion," but gives an UNLIMITED right of the individual citizen to practice and operate his/her religion any way, shape, or form that they choose. Also, at the local level and school boards, we recognize that if there is mutual consent of a group of individual that wish to open their school day in prayer to whomever deity they worship, we support that right!!! If you disagree with this legislation in ANY way, please give your rationale below. Thank you for your support!!! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers are mandatory in schools.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:30:09, July 27, 2007 CET | From |  Neo-Whig Party | To | Debating the The Free Exercise of Religion Act!!! |
| Message | i believe there needs to be regulations on what religions can set up schools. we wouldnt want the Branch Davidian Elementary School, now would we? |
| Date | 09:07:37, July 27, 2007 CET | From | Militaristic Party | To | Debating the The Free Exercise of Religion Act!!! |
| Message | I feel you must regulate religious schools and religion in school. |
| Date | 18:34:40, July 27, 2007 CET | From | Vaguely-Remembered Party | To | Debating the The Free Exercise of Religion Act!!! |
| Message | I'll ditto - religious schools need to be regulated. |
| Date | 06:36:01, July 28, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the The Free Exercise of Religion Act!!! |
| Message | Absolutely under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should religion be regulated. And YES, if the Branch Dividends want to set up school, it is NOT the Government's job to regulate them. Now, they are a "cult" but remember that Christianity was once considered a "cult" by the Pagan Roman Empire. The stigmatizations of religious minorities like the Mormons, Branch Dividends will only cause dissenstions and strife. If memebers of the Branch Dividends blow up a building like their founder--Timothy McVeigh--gov't prosecutes the INDIVIDUALS responsible and not the religion in the same with the clerical sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. On the planet Earth, there is a nation called the "United States of America" where they enshrined in their Constitution that religion under ANY circumstances is to be regulated and as a result they have the most PROSPEROUS nation second to NONE on that planet within the Terran Universe. I say let's emulate that model for this Commonwealth!!! Thank you for your support!!! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 206 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 281 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 263 |
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