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Bill: Religion Act, 2518
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldurian Green 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: September 2519
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:03:46, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic and Labour Party | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | We have concerns about #1, perhaps only limit advertisement? Other than that, we support. |
| Date | 02:26:20, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Royalistische Partei (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | We are strongly opposed. As someone who claims to be in support of the people, you sure are quick to get rid of their freedom to worship as they please. |
| Date | 04:04:35, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | Why should the people not have a choice to send their kids to religious schools? |
| Date | 23:23:40, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Aldurian Green Party | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | Religions take freedom from from the people and must be kept under control and we can not allow children to be brainwashed by these foul organisations. |
| Date | 23:42:03, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | You are then contridicting yourself. you say freedom to the people let them make their own choices and then you take their freedom of Religion away. It just does not make sense. |
| Date | 23:45:19, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Aldurian Green Party | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | We do not believe in freedom of religion. |
| Date | 00:19:12, January 20, 2008 CET | From | Royalistische Partei (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2518 |
| Message | You can't pick and choose your freedoms like that. You don't see my party proposing bills to make homosexuality illegal, though as I'm sure you've found out I'm no great fan of it. You can disagree, and tell people why you feel they should not be in a religion, but in the end you have to let the individual make up their own mind. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 271 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 205 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 125 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |