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Bill: Strengthening the Military
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Coalition
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 2534
Description[?]:
| Our military is floundering, under funded and out of use. It is time for a reform so we can even come close as a power on our continent. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military actively seeks to remove homosexuals from it.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:09:22, February 18, 2008 CET | From |  People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Strengthening the Military |
| Message | We have reservations over giving the military carte blanche on the one hand (Art. 2) and imposing a policy upon it (Art. 1), but the general intention of the bill is good. |
| Date | 17:23:40, February 18, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Strengthening the Military |
| Message | We're not imposing policies in article 1, we are removing impositions pressed on it by the extreme religious of this nation. Now it is very much freer to do as it pleases, it can just ignore homosexuality if needed, rather then have to seek it out. |
| Date | 01:28:09, February 19, 2008 CET | From | People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Strengthening the Military |
| Message | It's freer, yes, but it still has a specific policy (Don't ask, don't tell), as against having total freedom to let this person serve and that person not. |
| Date | 10:30:53, February 19, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Strengthening the Military |
| Message | Its simply the easiest way to do things. Few soldiers would like serving with open homosexuals, but as long as its kept quiet there is no issue. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 197 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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