We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Adoption Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Puritanical Party
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: April 2482
Description[?]:
| In order to ensure that our children live in a stable environment, we propose that adoption should only be an option for heterosexual couples. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only couples may adopt children.
Current: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Proposed: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:39:22, November 04, 2007 CET | From |  Democratic Workers Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 15:40:19, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | How can you decide what a stable environment is? I would rather a child be placed in care with a homosexual couple, rather than a couple who would abuse it. |
| Date | 15:57:01, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Puritanical Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | Whilst we cannot guarantee that an environment will be entirely stable, a heterosexual couple raises much more assurance. Considering children never come naturally from a homosexual relationship, raising children will not be the original intent nor will it be a focal point of the family. A heterosexual couple on the other hand, may enter a relationship with the original goal of producing children. |
| Date | 19:24:13, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | The UU finds this bill contradictory to our belief that all Pontesi citizens, except for criminals, are entitled to equal treatment under the law. We also believe that it is not the state's purview to determine what constitutes the family unit or to interefere with the will of a reasonable, healthy couple to adopt a child. We will oppose this bill. |
| Date | 03:15:19, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | We find this bill to be unnecessarily discriminatory, based on prejudice, ignorance and stereotyping. We cannot support. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 157 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 424 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: "A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back, but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you." - Marian Wright Edelman |