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Bill: Silver Star Of Illumination
Details
Submitted by[?]: Order Of The Illuminati
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 2514
Description[?]:
| Her Most Supreme & Holy Pontiff Ishtar, Steward of the People, member of the Erisian Liberation Front High Council, Archpope of the Paratheo-anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Protector of Kittens, Sacred Temple Whore of the 23rd degree, is calling the nation to awaken to a New Golden Dawn of Illumination under Her Divine guidance, to the will of the Great Goddess Eris, Goddess of Chaos, Discord & Strife. The Act of the Silver Star Of Illumination establishes the supremacy of the totemic symbology of Discordianism, and its acknowledged role as the Path to Illumination. |
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: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The formal title of the Head of State.
Old value:: Steward of the People
Current: Ŝtatestro (Head of State)
Proposed: Most Supreme & Holy Pontiff
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The official title of the legislative assembly.
Old value:: National Directory
Current: Leĝdonaro (Legislature)
Proposed: Temple Of Light
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The National Animal.
Old value:: Cerebus Hedgehog
Current: Aglo (Eagle)
Proposed: Octopus
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The national motto.
Old value:: "Liberty Forever"
Current: Sub la Sankta Signo de l' Espero (Under the Sacred Sign of Hope)
Proposed: "Chaos Forever"
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Proposed: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women serve alongside men.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Only women can serve in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:03:04, January 09, 2008 CET | From |  Konservativa Respublikano Parti | To | Debating the Silver Star Of Illumination |
| Message | 4 is sexist, 5 is just daft, 6, 8, and 9 are sectarian, 1 isn't needed, same for 2, 3 and 7. And please explain the need to change the motto. |
| Date | 19:10:35, January 09, 2008 CET | From | Order Of The Illuminati | To | Debating the Silver Star Of Illumination |
| Message | The Rald Party can speak? Ah ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha! Go away, children, your Mommies are calling. We would debate you if you hadn't become so laughably irrelevant. - Svetlana Krupskaya, Rep from Ingomu |
| Date | 00:41:09, January 10, 2008 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the Silver Star Of Illumination |
| Message | *a nearby Ingomu representative from the Daio party takes out a rectangle of paper, dips a brush into ink, scrawls some kanji on it, licks the top of the back, then sticks it vertically on Krupskaya's forehead. The freshly created ward reads: SILENCE TO THIS DEMON* |
| Date | 05:22:59, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Silver Star Of Illumination |
| Message | Until you condense it. or break it up. I am voting against. |
| Date | 08:18:38, January 10, 2008 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the Silver Star Of Illumination |
| Message | *strangely enough, even weeks later, Krupskaya is completely unable to speak...* |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 225 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 100 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 53 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "They can call us communists and fascists all they want but, their words are of a hollow ring with the blood of innocence at their feet." - Mathew Jameson, former Hutorian politician |