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Bill: Abolition of School Prayers
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Party
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: December 2494
Description[?]:
| No need to encourage teachers to alienate those among us who do not wish to take part in religious affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:50:30, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Abolition of School Prayers |
| Message | You steal my reforms.. but yes I support. |
| Date | 12:43:15, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Abolition of School Prayers |
| Message | Now this is not good. RWA is destroying everything we've been fighting for. |
| Date | 12:51:26, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Abolition of School Prayers |
| Message | I've allways been in favour for separating church and state. |
| Date | 22:38:40, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Abolition of School Prayers |
| Message | If a student is required to pray during a time in the day, that is fine. Yet, if a teacher leads it, that discriminates against those who may not follow that particular religion or no religion at all. A separation of church and state must be maintained at all times. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 52 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 88 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein |