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Bill: Homosexual Rights
Details
Submitted by[?]: NWO Social 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: November 2570
Description[?]:
| Give me one good reason why we should discrimminate against homosexuals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Only couples may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
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 | 17:16:26, April 30, 2008 CET | From | NWO Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | The government should represent all voters, no matter there sexual prefrence. |
| Date | 21:36:28, April 30, 2008 CET | From | Fascist-Communist Party | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | A homosexual relationship can not generate children. Thus it can not be considered to be normal. And having children is not a right, it is a privilege. |
| Date | 17:12:39, May 01, 2008 CET | From | NWO Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | If it is a privilege, then a person can freely abandon it if they wish. |
| Date | 21:47:18, May 01, 2008 CET | From | Left Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 22:58:23, May 01, 2008 CET | From | Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | What would be the point of allowing such marriages? They do not benefit the country as a whole. |
| Date | 03:53:13, May 02, 2008 CET | From | Pantheism Capitalistic Party UCF | To | Debating the Homosexual Rights |
| Message | We support all rights save that of marriage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 396 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 354 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "You will win, but you will not convince. You will win, because you possess more than enough brute force, but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack, reason and right in the struggle." - Miguel de Unamuno |