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Bill: Great Awakening
Details
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2508
Description[?]:
| "Here lies the fall of the enemies of Zion. It is heaven that awaits us yet it is the sword that awaits them." -- Elyah Eliashiv |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Allied Nations.
Article 2
Withdraw from the New Majatran Continent Treaty Organization (NMCTO).
Article 3
Withdraw from the The Beiteynuese / Pontesi Peace Accord.
Article 4
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 entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Current: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Proposed: Judgements may only be appealed against for grave procedural errors.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The nation's capital city.
Old value:: 528
Current: Yishelem
Proposed: 789
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 18
Proposed: 100
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state actively removes or modifies cultural and historical heritage which are considered "inappropriate", or if public interest so requires.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: Religious doctrine determines the death penalty.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Current: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Proposed: The government determines compensation for victims of eminent domain.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Proposed: No foreign marriages are recognised.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Current: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Ownership of firearms is mandatory for all adults.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government never offers international aid.
Article 20
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is heavily censored for political purposes.
Article 21
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place, backed up by the military.
Proposed: The military acts as a de-facto police force, with powers of arrest.
Article 22
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Proposed: Only those born to nationals become nationals.
Article 23
Proposal[?] to change The official national sport.
Old value:: Extreme Dreidel
Current: Football
Proposed: Red-tailed Hawk hunting
Article 24
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Article 25
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are treated according to the national laws of the captor power.
Article 26
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Article 27
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Article 28
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Article 29
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 30
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Current: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Heterosexual relationships only are legal for consenting adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:15:42, December 27, 2007 CET | From |  Ma'avak | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | OOC: Hello again. Time to get crazy again... |
| Date | 14:41:12, December 27, 2007 CET | From | SPIDER PIG REPUBLIC | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | are you reactivaded? |
| Date | 15:03:37, December 27, 2007 CET | From | SPIDER PIG REPUBLIC | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | I am dearly sorry Lohamei Herut Kahina I can not support this bill for I would lose my stations on radio and other things that I have |
| Date | 18:53:08, December 27, 2007 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | Us as Well I would like to see it split up into smaller bills |
| Date | 22:21:26, December 27, 2007 CET | From | Brmékai Krsyiji Prta | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | OOC: Welcome back IC:"The ways of Diplomacy, of working fairly with the the Majatran and the Pontesian has shown only their inherent corruption and immorality. We fully support the movement towards a stronger Homeland which no longers bends to the will of our enemies." -Modechai Eitam |
| Date | 00:55:03, December 28, 2007 CET | From | SPIDER PIG REPUBLIC | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | What the heck happened to you?! You used to be all about the peace! Now your all about the war and the darkness of the nation! I am starting to think that you returning was a bad omen to this our great nation of Beiteynu!!!!!!!!!! |
| Date | 01:10:50, December 28, 2007 CET | From | Ma'avak | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | "Peace has failed us, peace left us beaten and bruised, we must resort to other means. We do not want war but we accept it is a sad necessity of life, and it is only through war that we can secure what is rightfully ours. We wish no harm to those that wish no harm to us, only to those that would happily see the death of Beiteynu and all who live within it." -- Elyah Eliashiv |
| Date | 01:14:52, December 28, 2007 CET | From | SPIDER PIG REPUBLIC | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | so yourself? |
| Date | 06:33:25, December 28, 2007 CET | From | Robotic Anarcho Syndicalistic Party | To | Debating the Great Awakening |
| Message | Well, there are many things here we could support, but overall, we must oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 112 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 288 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver." - Niccolo Machiavelli |