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Bill: Religion Act
Details
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: July 2451
Description[?]:
| We think there should be just a few little tweaks with policy on religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:52:17, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Grand Order of Organized Native Sodality | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | We like the laws as they are. |
| Date | 09:09:52, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Union Pour une Nation Homosexuelle | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | We will support, but would prefer more relaxation on missionaries |
| Date | 10:16:29, September 05, 2007 CET | From | 2ème PPPP | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | Right I was trying to make things less discriminatory while still having safeguards against possible problems from just letting all missionaries in or letting religious schools do whatever they want. |
| Date | 03:24:37, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | We don't feel that the Branch Davidians should be allowed to run schools and poison children's minds. |
| Date | 04:33:17, September 06, 2007 CET | From | 2ème PPPP | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | Well then thou art discriminatory. Parents are allowed to poison their child's mind. That's a cost of freedom. |
| Date | 09:27:59, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Partie Patriotique de Kanjor | To | Debating the Religion Act |
| Message | The current laws do a good job of keeping out non-genuine religions. We see no reason to change. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 113 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 191 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 71 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton |