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Bill: Separation of Church and State, January 2468
Details
Submitted by[?]: Indralan Council for Universal Democracy
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: September 2468
Description[?]:
| Seeing as the other bill cannot be passed, even if the Indrala Liberal Democratic Party votes yes, we propose one of the two most important amendments here, and then another bill on school prayer. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:14:43, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Peoples Independence Party | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | it is the right of the people to show religious symbols in public. |
| Date | 19:52:51, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Indralan Council for Universal Democracy | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | But exceptions should apply for government officials exercising their duties; we would be giving the image of endorsing a particular religion. |
| Date | 20:25:38, October 09, 2007 CET | From | Christian Universalist Party | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | This is unnecessary. What harm is done by someone wearing a crucifix necklace or wearing a hijab? |
| Date | 01:31:34, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Jewish National Party | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | This would be completely undemocratic. Our party, for example, is created to represent Jews and Judaism in Indrala. This would be nothing short of extending the persecution of Indralan Jews beyond their communities and into the Indralan National Assembly and other government offices. Wearing our religious symbols does not in any way interfere with the separation of Church and State. We support Indrala's tradition of secularism, but we cannot support this bill which would systematically discriminate against all Jews employed by the state. |
| Date | 16:53:43, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Indralan Council for Universal Democracy | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | We are not persecuting anyone by this bill. When this is passed you (as you are government officials) will be free to wear Jewish symbols, just not when making speeches or press releases to foreign countries (if for some reason you held the foreign affairs department). |
| Date | 16:54:17, October 10, 2007 CET | From | Indralan Council for Universal Democracy | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State, January 2468 |
| Message | Or, any ministry making a press release or speech for that matter. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 39 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 25 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx |