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Bill: Religion Reform Bill 2490
Details
Submitted by[?]: Wessex High Imperial 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: May 2491
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to reform some of the religion statutes of the Pontesian Dynastic Commonwealth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:09:12, November 25, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Religion Reform Bill 2490 |
| Message | Recent information has caused the UUP to find that current international affairs warrants a less-transparent policy for inviting foreign missionaries into our country and urges the commonwealth to make this matter more secure nationally by having said missionaries register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also believe that not every person in Pontesi who "claims" to have a religious insitution or following should be honored with tax exemption. Signed, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Head of the UUP James Kirk, Chancellor of Foreign Affairs Portia di Venicci, Chancellor of Justice |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 295 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 162 |
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