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Bill: The Freedom of Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Reform 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: September 2510
Description[?]:
| Understanding that marriage is at its heart a religious and/or social institution, the government should have no part in its conception or in any regulation of marriage. No "marriage license" should be necessary. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government does not involve itself in marriage or civil unions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:40:35, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Hellenic Imperial Party | To | Debating the The Freedom of Marriage Act |
| Message | This seems somewhat extreme but we would vote yes. |
| Date | 13:41:07, January 01, 2008 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the The Freedom of Marriage Act |
| Message | Would this not allow children to marry or be married? |
| Date | 21:11:10, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Classical Reform Party | To | Debating the The Freedom of Marriage Act |
| Message | If a church of social institution will marry them, then anyone can be married. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 136 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 289 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 135 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "If man asks for many laws, it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous." - Will Durant |