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Bill: State Religion Act of May 2560
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD)
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: February 2562
Description[?]:
| The State Religion of Kanjor shall hereby be the National Catholic Order. Amendment I: Membership and participation of the individual in the National Catholic Order; which is a combination of the Orthodox Catholic, Kanjoran Catholic (ER), and Terran Catholic Churches; is completely voluntary and the rights of the people to worship their own religion in their own ways, within the confines of national and regional laws, shall not be infringed. Amendment II: The remuneration of religious ministers and officials by the State applies only to the National Catholic Order and none other. These remunerations are gained through the registration of the religion of individuals or families into the National Catholic Order as required by law. Amendment III: The collection of funds for the remuneration of religious ministers and officials by the State is hereby regulated and enforced by "La Religion de l'état Comité Régulateur" (State Religion Regulatory Committee). The Committee is hereby chosen from members of the National Catholic Ministry as well as "L'Organisation Nationale de Paroissiens" (National Organization of Parishioners). The Minister Committee members are hereby chosen and appointed with recommnedation and cooperation of His Holiness the Orthodox Catholic Pope as well as the Grand Council of the Catholic Church (Eastern Rite). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: Religion is allowed but the state promotes atheism.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:12:05, April 13, 2008 CET | From | Partie d'Isolationnisme | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | Of all Christian "sub-religions" to tie to the state to, you pick the worst. (Other than the deep evangelicals but nobody would be that stupid.) And to pay their crazy, deluded priests to act as such. Shameful. |
| Date | 04:49:00, April 13, 2008 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | According to the wiki, 36% of Kanjorans are Orthodox Catjolics (if we remember right). |
| Date | 13:30:57, April 13, 2008 CET | From | Mouvement pour la Kanjor | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | We back, although we are reconsidering our links with the OCC, and perhaps a more generic "Catholic" national Church should be borught about, combining the OCC, Kanjoran and Terran Catholic Churches? |
| Date | 19:28:17, April 13, 2008 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | Hmm, that's an idea. |
| Date | 21:47:58, April 13, 2008 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | We have changed the State Religion to the "National Catholic Order"; which is a mixture of all Catholic Churches found in Kanjor. |
| Date | 03:49:03, April 15, 2008 CET | From | Union Hosienne-Démocrate (UHD) | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | Third times' the charm. |
| Date | 11:43:11, April 16, 2008 CET | From | Mouvement pour la Kanjor | To | Debating the State Religion Act of May 2560 |
| Message | PDC apologies for absence, we will back exactly the same Bill if put forward again. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 56 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 209 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 235 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "It is said, 'Pontesi is Jelbic in nature'. But I tell you, they are really a lost tribe of Selucians, forced to become barbarians by their savage Jelbic conquerors." - Alamar Xarfaxis, former Pontesian politician |