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Bill: Religeous reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Hobrazia
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 2489
Description[?]:
| It is our belief that religion is a bane to our society. However as it would a violation of peoples rights to ban it outright we instead propose a compromise in order to curb its influence and thus prevent the mass manipulation of the populace from religeous leaders who like capitalists wish to exploit the people for their own intentions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:45:18, November 16, 2007 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Religeous reform |
| Message | We cannot support this. As with any industry religion should be free to advertise its wares to the population. There are regulations defining what industry can advertise and those regulations apply to religion, and as religions are taxed as businesses (as they should be) then to limit their advertising potential would be shameful. Alan be Praised. |
| Date | 19:01:17, November 16, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Religeous reform |
| Message | We see your point and the bill will be changed to support this view. |
| Date | 20:44:44, November 16, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Religeous reform |
| Message | We will vote against this bill that decreases religious freedom. |
| Date | 00:27:01, November 17, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Religeous reform |
| Message | This bill does not decrease upon religious freedom. It only increases regulation over religeons to prevent the exploitation of the people. |
| Date | 20:19:17, November 17, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Religeous reform |
| Message | And how do you propose we regulate religion without insulting the devout? Let the people belive what they want to believe, and donate as much money as they want. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 104 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 293 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 3 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk. If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race." - Bill Cosby |