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Bill: Religious Freedom Act of This Year
Details
Submitted by[?]: Chattes en Chaleur
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: October 2452
Description[?]:
| As a progressive nation we should allow for the personal expression of religious beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Current: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
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 | 22:22:39, September 07, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of This Year |
| Message | The DSP is for and against parts of this bill. Article 1 Evangelism and unregulated religious advertising are dangerous, not only because they can preach bigotry, but also because children should not be exposed to religion until they are old enough to understand what it is. Article 2 The DSP is not against this part. Article 3 There is a separation of Church and state and this violates that. Article 4 Religious schools are incredibly dangerous and teach lies, they can not be allowed to exist. |
| Date | 22:17:11, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Plato's Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of This Year |
| Message | Plato's Republicans cannot endorse this bill without serious revisions. While in spirit it is a noble goal to allow religious freedom, this proposal goes too far in too many ways. Primarily, on several points which my esteemed colleagues from the DSP have already elaborated upon, this proposal violates the separation of Government and Religion. We cannot agree to the proposals contained within this bill as it stands now. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 352 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 71 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." - Mahatma Gandhi |