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Bill: Heterosexual Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bloc Militaire pour Restauration
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: December 2537
Description[?]:
| To restore traditional marriage and family. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Everyone may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Only heterosexual couples and singles may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Proposed: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:32:30, February 24, 2008 CET | From |  Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | we strongly oppose, a step towards middle age is not a good solution for Jelbania. |
| Date | 23:02:21, February 24, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | Support |
| Date | 06:03:47, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | We oppose. |
| Date | 06:05:04, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | Also - fuck you. "Traditional" - that's bullshit. There have been same-sex parents in families since the beginning of fucking recorded history, you fundamentalist motherfucker. |
| Date | 10:13:37, February 25, 2008 CET | From | Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | No, in the golden age of Jelbania families with two fathers or mothers were not allowed, because the people had the wisdom to see that the children who would grow up in these families would have problems as adults. |
| Date | 01:27:07, February 26, 2008 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Heterosexual Marriage Act |
| Message | My apologies, I was speaking out of character. In this fantasy land, perhaps that is true. In character and out of character: Fuck you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 184 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 177 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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