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Bill: Military Freedoms and Equality Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social and Liberal Democratic 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: July 2523
Description[?]:
| A Bill to remove the requirement to perform military service, and to equalise the position of men and women in the military. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:11:15, January 26, 2008 CET | From |  Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | Why weaken the Armed Forces? |
| Date | 13:39:12, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | weaken? Research the matter before you say thing. |
| Date | 14:22:20, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | Exactly, and women in the front line damage the morale that is vital to any successful unit. Its why the best armies in the world refuse to allow women into the front line. |
| Date | 14:32:15, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | Lets face it, the only reason women would be allowed into the front line is for reasons of equality, not for any reason of benefit. |
| Date | 19:19:39, January 27, 2008 CET | From | Kommunisticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | PSN talk about how the government shouldn't be in the healthcare system but would gladly spend uncountable amounts of our money on the military. They're obviously fascists. |
| Date | 00:01:51, January 28, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Military Freedoms and Equality Bill |
| Message | We do not favour big government, so no, not fascists. Authoritarian conservatives, aye. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 229 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 291 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 35 |
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