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Bill: Conspicious Religion Bill (2500)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist 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: January 2501
Description[?]:
| We proposed that public servants not be denied freedom of expression related to religious preference any more than they are denied the freedom of expression relating to their sexual or political preferences. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Current: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:34, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Independence Coalition | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | Religious freedom must be maintain. |
| Date | 23:59:29, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | This is one of the reasons why we fight. The government cannot take sides in relgion. |
| Date | 00:43:39, December 14, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | No. Government officials are part of the government and therefore must remain secular. |
| Date | 03:06:09, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | The government does not take sides in religion. It is hypocritical and repressive to require that public officials maintain silence on religion, and not in other controversial areas. Ye hypocrits! |
| Date | 03:57:02, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | No, the government should not take sides in issues that promote favoritism. |
| Date | 08:21:53, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Conspicious Religion Bill (2500) |
| Message | "The government" will not be taking sides, USMC, though you clearly are. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 522 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In general, role-play requires the consent of all players. |
| Random quote: "Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous." - William Proxmire |