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Bill: In Freedom or in Slavery
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Gathering of Beiteynu
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: December 2580
Description[?]:
| A man who had children came to Ishmael and asked: "How should I raise my children. Is it best to be harsh and rough with them, and to force them to be righteous?" And Our Lord made himself manifest to the man: "Do not force them to follow your path. If there is no stone path in the forrest, a man will walk where there is the least thorns. If a man is beaten with thorns, he will not care which path he is on." And upon hearing this, the man became knowledgeable and said: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Proposed: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
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 allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
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: Public nudity laws are left to local governments.
Article 5
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 | 22:10:48, May 22, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | Your party breaks our nations anti-cult legislation! |
| Date | 22:15:33, May 22, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Gathering of Beiteynu | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | We are aware of no such legistlation. Our Lord merely spreads his joy to all who seek to embrace it. Enter into the freedom that He provides. |
| Date | 23:05:28, May 22, 2008 CET | From |  Ma'avak | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | OOC: Nothing here is to do with the anti-cult laws. |
| Date | 00:43:11, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | We would back Articles 2 and 5, but not the rest. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 01:07:58, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | OC: I know but i wanted to get it out somewhere |
| Date | 02:55:11, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the In Freedom or in Slavery |
| Message | Article 4 is unacceptable. It opens the way for polygamy and incest. We will vote yes if article 4 is removed or changed to oppose polygamy and incest. Otherwise, we vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 339 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: First and second class seats on public transport shall be BANNED! We are all FIRST CLASS people, regardless of whether we are rich or poor and can afford or not afford to pay for a more expensive seat. From now on, all seats on trains, buses, trams, planes and so on shall be the SAME. We will all travel in the SAME way, TOGETHER. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |