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Bill: Secular initiative - vs indoctrination
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Coalition
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: October 2544
Description[?]:
| With the fall of religious parties in the legislature, Damien Forge presents a new initiative. Here against brainwashing of children from a young age by their education system, which is in that way an abuse of their role to educate. Children should learn of religion in an unbiased, free learning environment like every other aspect of society. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:40:38, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | Opposed. Freedom of religion, not freedom from religion |
| Date | 21:05:45, March 10, 2008 CET | From | Republican Coalition | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | People are free to practice in any way they see fit, they are not, however, permitted to force their beliefs onto youths and their own children. This is restriction of freedom of thought, which is the more important of the two. |
| Date | 01:12:47, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | OOC: I honestly do not wish to post my response to that again. I've said it 3 or 4 times now. My position on the matter should be known. |
| Date | 01:25:49, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Front | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 08:28:40, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Republican Party | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | We believe that religious schools should be allowed to exist provided that they give their pupils a balanced view of the world. We are not currently certain that they do this and will have to look closer at the nature of the "strict regulation" before deciding a stance on this Bill. |
| Date | 17:35:43, March 11, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Republican Party | To | Debating the Secular initiative - vs indoctrination |
| Message | A vote was taken of CRP members. Neither side was able to gain a sufficient proportion to win the ballot, so we will abstain from this vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 246 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 318 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 186 |
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