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Bill: Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: July 2532
Description[?]:
| An act to remove requirements for students during the playing of the national anthem. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:22:17, February 13, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | Children are the most helpless and impressionable members of our society, and we should take the utmost care before forcing them to do anything. Forcing them to "show respect" is ridiculous. We must foster in children the idea that they should think for themselves - that is the basis of freedom of expression and indeed all democracy. If a child wishes to question the state, then they have every right to do so. Even children have human rights, and we mustn't infringe them for no good reason. |
| Date | 14:12:12, February 13, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | Oh brother :headbang: |
| Date | 23:14:44, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | We've supported this many times before, but JUP's argumentation is waaaay to ridiculous (Children play, have fun, they don't have the need to worry about grown-up stuff like "thinking for themselves and questioning the state") |
| Date | 23:14:56, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | therefore we'll oppose |
| Date | 23:22:42, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | We should be teaching kids to think for themselves from a young age. |
| Date | 02:19:10, February 15, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | support I never would have guessed their was any support for this |
| Date | 14:16:47, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Education (National Anthem) Amendment Act |
| Message | Passed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 265 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 162 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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