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Bill: Religious School Restriction Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Totalitarian 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: November 2105
Description[?]:
| At present, any religion may establish a school in our nation. We believe this isn't beneficial to our nation's youth. Only recognised religions should be able to establish a school, and only when they agree to the government's regulations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:05:46, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Nuovo Partito Di Machiavellian | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | No. We oppose the notion that the state can dictate what is a recognized religion. |
| Date | 17:19:17, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | Can you please give an example of why this is needed in favour of our current law? |
| Date | 17:35:33, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | Do we want so-called religious groups such as Pastafarians ( http://www.venganza.org/ ) teaching our nation's youth? I certainly don't. I realise that parents can choose what school they send their children to, but in some rural regions, schools may be scarce. A religious organisation may exploit this situation. We don't feel the government should restrict all religions from establishing a school; just the really insane ones. OOC: I know the flying spaghetti monster is a parody, but I feel it's the best example to use in this case, as none of you should be offended. I personally think Pastafarianism is great. |
| Date | 18:47:43, September 02, 2005 CET | From | Gaduridos National Party | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | The GNP feels that the current legislation is adequate. The strict regulations will prevent the so-called religious groups you are referring to. |
| Date | 22:25:11, September 02, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | We will not vote for this. Who is to say that one faith is more important than others, no matter how freaky it is? |
| Date | 05:44:54, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Religious School Restriction Act |
| Message | We agree wholeheartedly with the GNP on this issue. The regulations we already impose should suffice to keep out, or at least monitor, the effects of any 'Jedi churches', and the like. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 72 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 327 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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