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Bill: Ho Ho Ho
Details
Submitted by[?]: Regional Acronym Political Establishment
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: August 2504
Description[?]:
| Santa? |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Current: Only professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, fireworks are illegal to the general public.
Proposed: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:37:31, December 20, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Ordo Malleus (COM) | To | Debating the Ho Ho Ho |
| Message | CAM opposes articles 2, 4, and 5. CAM finds article 5 redundant as it appears in RAPE's Happy Christmas bill. Additionally, CAM does not support the Death Penalty for any reason. Finally, CAM believes abortion should be illegal across the board. Abortion and the Death Penalty are one and the same from a moral standpoint. Both are killing people. CAM believes mankind is elevated above all else and therefore must not be permitted to murder itself. |
| Date | 18:45:16, December 20, 2007 CET | From | Telamons Nationell Kongress | To | Debating the Ho Ho Ho |
| Message | RAPE & LPNN seems to proposing inhuman bills. |
| Date | 18:48:15, December 20, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the Ho Ho Ho |
| Message | Because the Happy Christmas bill is unlikely to pass, we included article 5 again with the hope that a different legislation package will be more acceptable. We have no problem with repeated legislation attempts especially considering congress has been largely inactive. It is our hope that our recent surge in proposals will spur other parties to become more involved. Is it the case that the legislature is happy with the status quo, or are they just lazy? Congress is so evenly split that it has become very difficult to pass any new legislation at all, so we encourage all parties to submit more bills so that their ideologies are more clear. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 176 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 407 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 167 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nailbiters." - Anita Bryant |