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Bill: Traditional Marriage Act 2478
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centre Démocratique
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 2479
Description[?]:
| To ensure that marriage remains between a man and woman. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Proposed: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:41:10, October 31, 2007 CET | From |  Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the Traditional Marriage Act 2478 |
| Message | we strongly oppose |
| Date | 20:21:09, October 31, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Traditional Marriage Act 2478 |
| Message | Support |
| Date | 00:37:10, November 01, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Traditional Marriage Act 2478 |
| Message | This legislation does not forbid civil unions between same-sex couples. All it does is forbid the government from calling it "marriage" out of respect for our religious and cultural traditions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 47 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 53 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater |