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Bill: Secular Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Novy Smer 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 2103
Description[?]:
| Ends the interference of religions in education. Religion is a personal and private issue and no child should be brain washed by any religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:57:40, August 28, 2005 CET | From | Junker Party | To | Debating the Secular Education Act |
| Message | Not only is this bill severely biased, but it's ignorant in all remarks. Religious schools are not PUBLIC institutions, they are PRIVATE institutions. It is to say, the government has NO method of control over it, because it a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC private institutions have the right to pretty much anything they want, unless it's directly a threat to the nation. In this case it doesn't fit that role. Moreover, it should the choice of the family and of that person wether to decide if their children are to go to a private religious institution, not the government's. This is a supression of religion, and a direct threat from what I see as a wholeheartedly Communist party. In no way will the Junker Party agree with the New Direction Party. This bill is disgusting, and it's terribly wrong. Religion should be a CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE, and SHOULD NOT be supressed by the government. |
| Date | 21:32:51, August 28, 2005 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Secular Education Act |
| Message | The Democratic Alliance believes in religious tolerance, but we don't believe banning religious schools and teacher-led prayers is the answer. Let us continue to allow religious schools where there is a demand for them, but continue to regulate them to ensure they teach about toleration for people of all beliefs. |
| Date | 10:29:25, August 29, 2005 CET | From | Sanctaphrax Party | To | Debating the Secular Education Act |
| Message | Don't forget, these schools do stay heavily regulated, so they do learn what is on the curriculum as set out by the Education Ministry, currently held by us. What they learn outside that is no concern of the governments. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 238 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
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