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Bill: CP Religion Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
Status[?]: passed
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: April 2447
Description[?]:
| This if the first bill out of our Religion Reform Program (RRP). The RRP aims to enhance the historical Judeo-Christian character of our nation and the vital importance of religion in Darnussians lives while still respecting religious pluralism. Article 1 - With this article teacher-led prayers in every Darnussian school are encourage, while the schools still retain the freedom to decide upon its own policy regarding school prayers (which should be of broadly Christian character). Religious schools should provide worship in accordance with the school religion. Article 2 - This article is the basis for the establishment of the Church of Darnussia. The State church will profess the major religion in Darnussia: the Catholic branch of Catholicism and its Terran and Orthodox beliefs (membership is completely voluntary). |
Proposals
Article 1
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 encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:27:41, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the CP Religion Reform |
| Message | We will oppose; the Loyalist Party supports a secular government. |
| Date | 05:36:37, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CP Religion Reform |
| Message | Where it reads "the Catholic branch of Catholicism" it should be read "the Catholic branch of Christianism", of course. |
| Date | 17:32:24, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Reform Party | To | Debating the CP Religion Reform |
| Message | There ought to be a strong division between state and church |
| Date | 23:53:30, August 24, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CP Religion Reform |
| Message | There ought not. We favor strengthning and protecting our common Darnussian identity. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 124 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation reserves the discretion to declare RP laws invalid if the players supporting them are doing so in an excessively confrontational way. |
| Random quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx |