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Bill: Religious Freedom Bill (2508)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: December 2509
Description[?]:
| We believe that Sekowo is currently too restrictive religiously, and we would like to restore religious freedom to Sekowo. We have endeavored to set this bill up as a sort of compromise. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:05:22, December 29, 2007 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | Article 1 We're split, we would like to keep a close watch on them, however we don't see a reason they should go through extra steps of registering being a misionary, when that would already have been found out upon there entering the country. Article 2 No. Religions should not be given exemptions, especially since they have a long history of abusing them. Article 3 Never! |
| Date | 03:31:46, December 30, 2007 CET | From | Sekowan Communist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | We are opposed to all three articles. |
| Date | 12:13:48, December 30, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | DSP: This (article 3) would be the same as with other corporations. |
| Date | 16:28:03, December 30, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | We might have the different people see the articles differently thing, as some of your replies do not make sence to me...) Anywho, we shall never stand for the article dealing with public officals. As it is, finding middle ground on the tax issue is good enough for a compromise we feel. |
| Date | 17:27:51, December 30, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | NPP: Article 3 is about public officials and religious things. |
| Date | 09:19:23, December 31, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Bill (2508) |
| Message | We meant the one about taxes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 291 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 271 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 188 |
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