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Bill: Separation of Church and State Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vanuku Freedom Party
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: April 2570
Description[?]:
| Sec. 1 SHORT TITLE This act may be cited as the 'Separation of Church and State' Sec. 2 PROVISIONS 1. The status of the Progressive Catholic Church of Vanuku as the official church and religion of the Vanuku Federation is hereby revoked. 2. No act of government shall give advantage or favor to any one religion or church above others. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:49:45, May 02, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Sinatranoan Party | To | Debating the Separation of Church and State Act |
| Message | We'd like to vote yes for the first proposal, provided there are some conditions as to what constitutes a religion. (We use as our precedent the Church of Cleansitarium, which tried be formally recognised as a religion back in 2483. It also sold breakfast cereals, and was hoping to gain the tax break afforded to religions, as opposed to paying 30% tax on all profits.) On the second proposal, we'd like to see a little more (reasoned and reasonable) debate on this issue. Unfortunately, a couple of the parties get a trifle hysterical when this question is raised. The Vanuku Sinatranoan Party is not averse to change, there just has to be good solid argument backing it up. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 15 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 20 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight." - Barry Goldwater |