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Bill: Family Court Devolution Compromise
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa)
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: August 2516
Description[?]:
| It looked like there would be the votes to pass a bill devolving power over family courts to local governments, but not enough to devolve also the power to determine who can initiate a divorce. We propose this bill as a compromise; it devolves only the power to decide the legality of divorces. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:20:59, January 13, 2008 CET | From | Freedom, Peace & Love Party | To | Debating the Family Court Devolution Compromise |
| Message | We usually support local governments decisions, but not in this case where we see human rights being infringed upon. For example, if a woman is constantly being beaten in a marriage, but lives in an extremely religious anti-divorce town, then she would be forced to stay with the abuser or go to jail. That's just wrong. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 371 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 314 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" Charles De Gaulle, "Les Mots du General |