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Bill: UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation
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: July 2461
Description[?]:
| STEAM has recently passed a hypocritical bill which has Illegaised the new established Corporation of the UFC before it had even been fully establish so that the government funds which established it are lost without getting it the time to benefit the state and her people. Action calls to the parties of Cildania to see reason and re-instate the UFC before all the groundwork is lost to time. Should we hold down the nations spirit and constrict their bar their faith so the insidious STEAM only remains the only cult not persecuted by law then the UFC and all those of honest hearts who care for our nation, our rights and our heritage shall rise shrieking against the authoritarian regime. The Action and the UFC shall never submit to this outrage, Should it be reinstated with haste then its revival relatively costless, should it stand idle. -G. Phillips, former Akinawan Controller for the UFC. :the former UFC proposal. http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=141376 "We care not whether we win tomorrow morning or at the end of a lifetime of labour and of struggle. For to us the little calculations of the little men mean nothing. All we care is that win we will because Cildania demands it and no power on Terra can hold down the will within us." -Melissa Tombs Btss. Felway. This Bill argues for the Institution of the United in Faith Corporation an umbrella organisation with Unites and Supports all recognised Christian Faiths in Great Cildania. Unrecognised and unchristian Faiths will not be persecuted or struck down, but simply denied the benefits of belonging to the UFC. The UFC faiths are those who either benefit the state or are a vital part of our Nations proud Heritage. The UFC would be initially headed by Action Party member Msgr. Alexander Hawke once the UFC had been established would the first of Triannual Election of the UFC Controller from within the ranks of the UFC. The UFC once established would be entirely self-ruled and Independent from the state, but only permitted by Constitution to govern matters of God, and not matters of State, Likewise the State would have no power over the UFC on matters of God. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." -A.K. Winters Amendments -Article 4. (b) All UFC ministers of equal ecclesiastical rank shall have equal salary reguardless of which Faith they are a minister of. [i.e. the Catholics and Coptic Patriarch have the same wage.] - Article 4. (c) The salaries of UFC Ministers shall be proposed by the UFC Controller in the UFC Budget and accepted by a majority vote of the UFC Council. - Article 7. Ministers and the State Heads will be nominated by their Respective Faiths and the UFC Controller will select the candidate who the Controller feels is better suited to the position. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: Any form of religion is banned.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:49:19, September 25, 2007 CET | From |  Action | To | Debating the UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation |
| Message | this going straight to vote, should the parties demand minor compromises then a second relaunch proposal shall be launched. |
| Date | 16:36:05, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation |
| Message | We have a mandatory state religion? Anyone know what that religion happens to be? |
| Date | 16:39:29, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation |
| Message | Wait, I read it wrong... so all religion is banned? Well that's awful oppressive (in the real meaning of the term). |
| Date | 21:20:00, September 25, 2007 CET | From | Cildania Progressive Party | To | Debating the UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation |
| Message | We subscribe to most of the Bill except Articles 1 and 8. All forms of religion should be encouraged and they should not be mandatory. The State should also be separate to the Church and therefore should not make appointments. |
| Date | 06:22:22, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Action | To | Debating the UFC- Revival of the United Faiths Corporation |
| Message | the mandatory religion is the UFCorporation, the Christian faiths and heresys are recognised, also agnosticism is a recognised religion under the UFC so belong top a UFC religion isnt particular difficult. Mostly what it concerns with is which UFC election you have the right to vote in. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 91 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 242 |
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