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Bill: Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya
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: July 2548
Description[?]:
------This bill will provide for racial equality in our nation and the illegalization of the barbaric act of slavery. Trigunia has far progressed past the time of slavery. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government recognition of interracial marriages (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Any form of unofficial interracial marriage or civil union is banned.
Current: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
Proposed: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
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 be armed or take part in combat.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: The slave trade is illegal, but slavery is legal as a punishment.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 12:17:15, March 18, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act |
Message | Eh, surely we have progressed INTO a time of slavery? |
Date | 23:07:29, March 18, 2008 CET | From | Kommunisticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act |
Message | The word in that case would be regress. |
Date | 00:07:36, March 19, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act |
Message | And why such big changes? Wouldn't it make sense to legalise interracial sex before legalising interracial marriage? |
Date | 05:01:13, March 19, 2008 CET | From | Kommunisticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act |
Message | Since both should be legal, it would make sense to legalize both. |
Date | 13:10:18, March 19, 2008 CET | From | Partija Kontr-Revoljucionerov | To | Debating the Racial Equality and Slavery Abolishment Act |
Message | But this Bill would make marriage legal, but not the, er, aspects that one would associate with such marriages. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes |
Total Seats: 205 | ||
no | Total Seats: 350 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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