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Bill: Moral Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: House Villayn (AI)
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: May 2556
Description[?]:
| We should install in the Aldurian people a spirit of honesty, virtuousness, and chastity, as well as respect for the sanctuary of marriage. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Everyone may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the initiation of divorces (if allowed).
Old value:: Either partner may initiate a divorce.
Current: Either partner may initiate a divorce.
Proposed: Only male partners may initiate a divorce.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:56:38, April 03, 2008 CET | From |  Aldurian People (IA) | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | I do not agree with number 3 both Partners should be able to file for Divorce not only the male.On what Grounds do you think that this is a females should not be able to do the Same bill. |
| Date | 20:27:56, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Aldurian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | yes to all but number 3 |
| Date | 20:29:42, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Saiserist Consortium | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | We obviously oppose, but number three 3 is shocking as that goes beyond religious conservatism into the boundaries of discrimination without reason. |
| Date | 20:34:18, April 03, 2008 CET | From | House Villayn (AI) | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | The reason why is that we believe in the patriarchate, and the blessing effects it would have. |
| Date | 20:40:42, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Saiserist Consortium | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | So Alduria's youth are sexist? |
| Date | 21:16:21, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | OOC:The leader is an oldman, he might be sexist. I can not support such a bill limiting the rights of my fellow citizens. His Imperial Excellency Emperor Philippe Villayn II |
| Date | 02:57:49, April 04, 2008 CET | From | Aldurian People (IA) | To | Debating the Moral Reforms |
| Message | I agree with ICA |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 302 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 221 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 227 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." - Thomas Jefferson |