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Bill: Religious Freedom Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gao-Showa Imperial 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: February 2442
Description[?]:
| Rolling back the opressive anti-religious brough in by so called "liberals" |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 2
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: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 4
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 in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:36:16, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill |
| Message | We shall vote against due to article 4 |
| Date | 06:18:48, August 11, 2007 CET | From | R.I.F.T. | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill |
| Message | The varied religious background of this nation is to be considered a national ideal. RIFT in no way encourages self-isolationist policies like this one that are designed to further divide our culturally diverse population. I suppose it's only a matter of time before we separate into a nation of Christians and a nation of Shintoists? |
| Date | 10:26:33, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Sectual Congress | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill |
| Message | Not many of our party core's Jewish members are actually religious, but we all hate having Christianity shoved down our throats. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 179 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 321 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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