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Bill: Civil Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Forum
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: July 2568
Description[?]:
| A marriage should be an obligation, there is responsibility of every married citizen which comes from this marriage. Civil marriage as a recognized contracts between two parties (the state just "witnesses" this, it doesn't regulate anything) should be in power. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government does not involve itself in marriage or civil unions.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:18:54, April 28, 2008 CET | From |  Federal Rutanian Libertarian Union | To | Debating the Civil Marriage Act |
| Message | The government should not involve itself in the personal lives, or force the registration of any relationships. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 217 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 225 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 157 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." - Gore Vidal |