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Bill: Defence of Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Cultural Alliance
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: November 2465
Description[?]:
| This act will strengthen families in Telamon and provide a more hopeful future for everyone. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Everyone may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Only couples may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:53:57, October 03, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Socialist Party | To | Debating the Defence of Marriage Act |
| Message | Its not our right to intervene with the families of our people. I believe article 2 however should be addressed in a separate bill. |
| Date | 20:12:20, October 03, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Defence of Marriage Act |
| Message | We will not support this staid and archaic moral view |
| Date | 22:42:36, October 03, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the Defence of Marriage Act |
| Message | Support |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 266 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 336 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 148 |
| Random fact: When your party holds the foreign affairs department, you can create new treaties. However, before writing anything new, it is a good idea to search for existing treaties which already accomplish what you desire. |
| Random quote: "A dictatorship is a country where they have taken the politics out of politics." - Sam Himmell |