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Bill: Secular Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Socialist Front
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 2436
Description[?]:
| An act to reduce the influence of religion in non-religious schools, in keeping with the state's secular nature. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:41:55, July 28, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Secular Education Act |
| Message | Completely against. This will destroy religious schools in this country, such as the respected Joseph Smith University. |
| Date | 14:48:17, July 28, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Front | To | Debating the Secular Education Act |
| Message | Em, this will do nothing of the sort. Such schools will of course be allowed to exist, the state will simply monitor them to make sure they are supplying the high standard of education our children deserve. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 240 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 252 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 8 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies." - H. L. Mencken |