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Bill: Divorce Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Radical 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: June 2543
Description[?]:
| As a result of the permissive society which has been allowed to function in fair Gishoto for many years, we have an ever-growing number of divorces, and thus children growing up without a stable family. We submit, therefore, that divorce should be harder to achieve - thus forcing more serious reflection on those considering marriage and bringing children into the world. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:57:19, March 07, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Divorce Bill |
| Message | Divorses are not neccissarily with families who have children. Marriage in a non-religious society is essencially just another form of consumation of love, if this love is not present, the marriage should not continue. |
| Date | 23:47:20, March 07, 2008 CET | From | People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Divorce Bill |
| Message | While we are sympathetic to the viewpoint that children are not always involved in a broken marriage, we feel that it is important to be strong on this issue in order to prevent any risk at all to them. |
| Date | 09:23:37, March 08, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Divorce Bill |
| Message | Children are perfectly capable of developing fully under the care of one parent, I'm sure this is an experience many can identify with. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 175 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 365 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 158 |
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| Random quote: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.” --H.L. Mencken |