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Bill: Anti Cult Manifesto
Details
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: March 2456
Description[?]:
| To be formulated in the next year and to be pushed forward after the September 2454 elections, the Agudat Yehudit shel-ha-Ma'avak le-ha-Aretz ha-Muvtahat propose a full investigation into illegal cults and unrecognised religions operating within Beiteynu and a final purge of all such groups. Article 1: Citizenship shall be denied to anyone found to belong to either a cult or an unrecognised religion. Article 2: Nationals must register as either a member of one of the recognised religions or irreligious. Article 3: Service in the armed forces shall be denied to anyone found to belong to either a cult or an unrecognised religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is gained by passing a qualifying exam.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is granted based on race/religion/gender.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:03:38, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Pharaoh's People's Party | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | This bill seems to be implying that a spiritually minded group of citizens must be specifically sactioned by the government in order to be legal, somehting which seems utterly ridiculous to the Pharaoh's People's Party. The elimination of dangerous or subversive cults is one thing, but wonton persecution of minority religions is entirely another. |
| Date | 02:20:03, September 11, 2007 CET | From |  Ma'avak | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | "Perhaps it would be wise to wait until we have finalised this policy before commenting on it?" -- Naczelnik Nasi Efraim Lezeyn |
| Date | 18:36:13, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Pharaoh's People's Party | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | As the Pharaoh's People's Party is opposed to the concept of recognised religions and the elimination of peaceful or unobtrusive civilian organizaitons, we cannot see how any alteraiton to this policy would make it acceptable. All the actions it takes or proposes are deplorable, and we foresee no compromise that would adequately make up for these defficiencies. |
| Date | 19:30:29, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Ma'avak | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | "As the List Of Recognised Religions and the Religious Freedom Bill have both passed, like it or not the concept of recognised religions exists in Beiteynu and it is within every right of the government to ensure such laws are enacted." -- Naczelnik Nasi Efraim Lezeyn |
| Date | 18:02:13, September 12, 2007 CET | From | Pharaoh's People's Party | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | Then we are enacting this legislation only because we can? The fact that the government selectively sponsors certain religious organizations does not mean that it should condemn others. |
| Date | 17:01:42, September 14, 2007 CET | From | Ma'avak | To | Debating the Anti Cult Manifesto |
| Message | "We shall now be pushing ahead with this legislation. We will not stand by and watch Beiteynu be ravaged by fanatics." -- Naczelnik Nasi Efraim Lezeyn |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 126 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 26 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 88 |
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