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Bill: ARM -= Sexuality =-
Details
Submitted by[?]: Archon Revolutionary Militia
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: June 2576
Description[?]:
| "We may be authoritarians, but we could care less about issues of sexuality. What relevance has it to governing?" -Judy Gottlos, Head Archon of the ARM |
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: Everyone may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of interracial sex.
Old value:: Only heterosexual interracial sex is allowed.
Current: Interracial sex is legal.
Proposed: Interracial sex is legal.
Article 3
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 does not involve itself in marriage or civil unions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal and prosecuted as a civil offence.
Current: Public nudity laws are left to local governments.
Proposed: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Displays of public affection and obscenity laws.
Old value:: All public displays of affection are illegal, except brief greeting exchanges between close relatives.
Current: Local governments may regulate laws on public acts of affection and obscenity.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Homosexual relations are illegal, but are not prosecuted.
Current: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:59:59, May 13, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the ARM -= Sexuality =- |
| Message | We would go along with Article 6, but the rest go far too far, and would dismantle the basic moral structures of society. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 01:05:16, May 14, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the ARM -= Sexuality =- |
| Message | I hate it all. Sorry to say but I do. -Joshua Benjamin |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 142 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 208 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 50 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "If you have an apple, and I have an apple, and we exchange the apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea, and I have an idea, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw |