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Bill: Religions don't deserve a special status.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gil's Green 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: December 2524
Description[?]:
| Gil's Green Party believes that religions are no different than other organisations of people with the same ideas. They should be treated like normal organisations, and shouldn't get any special status. At the moment religions don't pay taxes over any profit they generate and they can set up schools without any regulations or whatsoever. This must be stopped for the benefit of our people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:21:31, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Peoples of Lodamun Party | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | We support |
| Date | 15:54:33, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | We disagree, more taxes and government regulations is opposite what we need. We think normal volunteer organizations should get the same benifts that religions |
| Date | 16:15:46, January 29, 2008 CET | From |  Gil's Green party | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | Volunteer organisations pay tax over their profits, just as religions should do. The profit tax for corporations is 0% at the moment anyway. My point is that religions shouldn't have a special status, their status should be the same as other organisations. Volunteer organisations don't make any profit, so they don't pay taxes. A religion should not make a profit, so no taxes. Article 1 prevents religions from making profit. |
| Date | 22:23:44, January 29, 2008 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | just more tax and regulation by the government |
| Date | 00:05:42, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | we fully oppose |
| Date | 06:48:53, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Pariah Idealism | To | Debating the Religions don't deserve a special status. |
| Message | We support this if Article 3 is changed or removed. The point of a religious school is to teach a religion. It would be better to ban religious schools completely than to regulate a religious school like that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 3 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 83 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 14 |
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