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Bill: NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out"
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial 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: November 2551
Description[?]:
| Religion is the Worlds Embarassment and must be eliminated from the nation. They poison the minds of our Children with false hope and worshiping a god rather than the flag of our nation. Eventually we shall post a bill outlawing religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 5
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 | 16:09:11, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Peoples' Fist Party | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | While we are a secular party, we would favor a slightly less extreme version of this bill. We think that freedom to worship, or to choose not to worship, is one of the hallmarks of a "Free Republic." |
| Date | 17:18:09, March 25, 2008 CET | From | National Imperial Party | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | We shouldnt be a Free Republic we need to restore Talmoria to the Glourious Empire she once was |
| Date | 00:23:36, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | You are fools who love to control people, NIP. |
| Date | 00:33:08, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Totalitarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | Are you insinuating that there's something wrong with controlling people? How dare you. |
| Date | 06:57:14, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Liberation Federation | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | People have the right to be fucking idiots...hence nobody from The People's Fist being shot by us. |
| Date | 09:35:18, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the NIP - Religious Reform "Fade 'em out" |
| Message | To the TCP, yes. And the Liberation Federation, we were laughing at that until you mentioned the PFP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 111 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 189 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." - Martin Luther King, Jr. |