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Bill: Freedom of Religion in Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Passive Militarist Party
Status[?]: passed
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 2112
Description[?]:
| Since our society is religiously diverse, the public schools should not be allowed to become religious indoctrination centres. Therefore it is proposed... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers are mandatory in schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:33:36, September 15, 2005 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Of course this would not entail a ban upon students praying while at school, so please don't bring this up in debate. Thank you, the PMP |
| Date | 02:38:08, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Free Capitalist Coalition | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Would it not make this a freedom FROM religion act, if it reduced the prayers allowed in schools? In any case, we would prefer the schools to make their own decisions on this issue. If they are located in a 100% Catholic, Protestant, Muslim or Hindu neighborhood, should they not be allowed to make their students feel more comfortable? I doubt that any schools are trying to force a faith that most parents don't believe in on their students. If they are, that will surely be rectified at the next school board election when the idiots who annoyed the parents are removed from office. In any case, we do not support this bill. |
| Date | 03:03:10, September 15, 2005 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | We have religious schools in the empire. If parents wish their children to participate in teacher-led prayer, then let them send their children to a religious school. |
| Date | 11:49:42, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Fiesta-Siesta Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Tricky distinctions here,,,, Some teacher led prayer can be enormously beneficial to the right groups of children under the right circumstances. A 100% ban seems to damn those who seek only to express the freedom of prayer. Some of these groups NEED a teacher figure to lead them. |
| Date | 17:42:31, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Party of Selucian | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Well, we support the PMP in this bill. We think prayer shouldn't be allowed in public schools run by the Empire. These teachers are payed by the government, you can't dismiss them on a school board. In this case we believe this bill should only affect public schools and let privat schools do their own stuff with the prayers. |
| Date | 23:11:54, September 15, 2005 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Precicely. Government run institutions have no place in favouring one religion over another, and public schools certainly should never be allowed to religiously indoctrinate their students. Private and religious schools shall remain untouched by this legislation. |
| Date | 18:07:01, September 16, 2005 CET | From | New Passive Militarist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Anyway, let's vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 225 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 56 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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