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Bill: Marriage Recognition Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal 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: January 2552
Description[?]:
This bill will: 1) Recognize all foreign marriages as legal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 00:19:03, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Marriage Recognition Act |
Message | If this bill passes then all foreign forced marriages (where one of the parts or both are forced to get married) will be recognised as legal |
Date | 03:08:38, March 25, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Marriage Recognition Act |
Message | What you called forced marriages are arranged marriages. A person can still refuse to get marry, no matter what the situation is. |
Date | 21:04:26, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Marriage Recognition Act |
Message | A person cant always refuse to matter. Its easy to say that if one havent experienced it first hand, but if your entire family, and or local village or town or etc expects you to marry the other person it is not easy to resist the group pressure |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 10 | ||||||||
no |
Total Seats: 140 | ||||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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