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Bill: Secular State
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union Pour Un Movement Populaire
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: February 2499
Description[?]:
| We must strive to be more secular |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Proposed: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:04:06, December 09, 2007 CET | From | 2ème PPPP | To | Debating the Secular State |
| Message | I only support article two. The others are unnecessary restrictions of freedom. |
| Date | 02:10:35, December 10, 2007 CET | From | Parti Libertaire | To | Debating the Secular State |
| Message | We agree with le PPPP. |
| Date | 05:06:58, December 10, 2007 CET | From | Union Démocrate Libertarien | To | Debating the Secular State |
| Message | I urge all my fellow Frenchmen and women and fellow South Seleyans to take a look at Rildanor as an example of how insidious and subversive religion can be. |
| Date | 06:06:41, December 10, 2007 CET | From | La partie modérée très extrême | To | Debating the Secular State |
| Message | yea so the only one i agree with is 2 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 14 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 236 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real life-life nationalities, cultures or ethnicities should not be referenced in Particracy (eg. "German"). |
| Random quote: "The great economic, social and political scientist, Karlstein Metz, accurately predicted over 2,500 years ago that capitalism is doomed to destruction by its inherent weaknesses and contradictions, and must inevitably be replaced by a communist form of social, political and economic organisation." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |