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Bill: Aesthetic bill 2511 "Recognizing the Special Nature of Belief"
Details
Submitted by[?]: "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic 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: June 2513
Description[?]:
| "What those fanatics who try to abolish the freedom of belief forget is the special nature of belief. Belief, and agnosticism and atheism are also forms of belief insofar as they are chosen opinion systems concerning the world and the very man's role in it, so, belief comes before all other categorizations. Belief determines all the other decisions and actions. The decision for a belief determines how one appraises science, education, love, strokes of fate or whatever we find in daily life. The belief is the pair of glasses which allows us to see and to decide. [...] This has to be recognized to guarantee the freedom of decision for a certain belief. Freedom of belief is one of the most fundamental pre-conditions for a free state of free citizens. Please don't undercut it..." Adam Horvitz, party leader |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:26:24, January 06, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the Aesthetic bill 2511 "Recognizing the Special Nature of Belief" |
| Message | Mr. Horvitz' speech convinced us to agree on this bill, though we still think article 2 is against our views. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 122 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 112 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 67 |
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