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Bill: Religion Revision Law
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nrzi Prta (Democratic 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: March 2563
Description[?]:
| An act to review the laws regarding religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Current: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Current: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:41:11, April 15, 2008 CET | From |  Conservative Brigade of Democrats | To | Debating the Religion Revision Law |
| Message | I have already designed a Religious Liberty Bill. This is useless because I have already put mine to vote. Remove it from here... |
| Date | 14:51:49, April 15, 2008 CET | From | Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Religion Revision Law |
| Message | OOC: You really need to look carefully to see the difference. I have a different stand then yours. And just so you know, I have been playing this game for more then a year.... so I have my own reason for doing this. |
| Date | 14:54:56, April 15, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Brigade of Democrats | To | Debating the Religion Revision Law |
| Message | And what is your reason if I may ask? |
| Date | 16:40:54, April 15, 2008 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Religion Revision Law |
| Message | WHIP will abstain on this matter |
| Date | 20:34:03, April 15, 2008 CET | From | Utopian Anarchists Party | To | Debating the Religion Revision Law |
| Message | UAP completely disagrees with Article 5 and supports GP's Religion Bill instead. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 158 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 104 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 138 |
| Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
| Random quote: "One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas |