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Bill: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa)
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 2582
Description[?]:
| A bill to restore Alorian religious freedom. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:42:08, May 26, 2008 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | Ah theocratic dictatorship i was wondering when you'd show up |
| Date | 19:02:32, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | Why do you hate religious freedom? |
| Date | 19:31:56, May 26, 2008 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | This is not freedom. What about atheists and humanists? Forcing their kids to be indoctrinated into a set of beliefs not their owm. Religious people can go to religious schools, the non-religious should not have to |
| Date | 19:46:51, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | Aloria is a Bogist nation. Bogists should have the right to worship the way they want, without interference from cuthroat Alorian Communists and Liberals Union types. This is just a way of recognizing that fact. |
| Date | 22:19:38, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | Bogists already has the right to worship they way they want, "Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations". Who's stopping you there? This has nothing to do with "freedom" (infact it is a mockery of freedom), the SA is right, this is the beginning of a theocratic dictatorship. |
| Date | 22:37:35, May 26, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | certainly not, these crazy zealots. |
| Date | 01:10:34, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | one day Aloria will be again fully separated state-church nation, as it used to be in grand old times without these fanatic zealots telling us what to do. |
| Date | 13:17:02, May 27, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act |
| Message | Ditch Article 2 and we'll vote for. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 232 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 404 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 102 |
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