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Bill: Protect the Innocents Act of 2441
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Flower Children
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: January 2442
Description[?]:
| It is important to recognize that our brother animals have rights, too. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: Ownership of domestic animals is banned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:17:40, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, God clearly gave Adam dominion over all the beasts, a dominion passed on to the Luthori race as God's chosen people. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 14:32:36, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We applaud the Whig representative for his sound comment. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 18:15:49, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Flower Children | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Listen man, God, in her infinite wisdom, gave the human animal compassion and empathy for other living creatures. We should exercise it and ban conduct which results in animal suffering and enslavement. In a perfect world, animals would be free to live their lives to the fullest: raising their young, enjoying their native environments, and following their natural instincts. Mankind's "dominion" over other animals should be exercised responsibly, to protect and preserve these goals. Peace. Yield. |
| Date | 01:08:38, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I must point out that it is neither big nor clever to question the LORD'S gender. As HE made the MAN ADAM in HIS image, and JESUS CHRIST - the SON OF MAN - is God, his masculinity is beyond repute. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 01:40:52, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Vodka and Pimm's Party | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We were under the impression that the original beiteynuish (ooc: hebrew?) is not gender specific, except in the New Testament. Just like the word for virgin is the same word for 'young woman'. Not that we're questioning you lot, but the New Testament is a bit iffy if you ask us. |
| Date | 11:11:12, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Protect the Innocents Act of 2441 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Those that translated the Hebrew texts into the Greek Septuagint thought otherwise. Furthermore, I would remind the representative of the Linen and Pimms party that the New Testament is in Greek, not Aramaic, and certainly not in Beiteynuish. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 82 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "I never dared to be radical when young. For fear it would make me conservative when old." - Robert Frost |