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Bill: Kalistan Military Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party of Kalistan
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 2592
Description[?]:
| To remove Chemical and Biological weapons from Kalistan's military and to cut down on homophobia in the military. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Current: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weaponry in warfare.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:26:47, June 14, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | We support all but Section 3, and so we must vote against it. We will propose a ban on NBC weaponry without the "don't ask, Don't tell" rider attached. |
| Date | 22:47:48, June 14, 2008 CET | From | People's Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | Well, we're not breaking up the bill for the joint smallest party, and if you haven't noticed, it's a member of the People's Party of Kalistan in charge of National Defence. |
| Date | 02:38:32, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | Fine. If your bill is described as trying to cut down on homophobia, I assure you that "don't ask, don't tell" only encourages homophobia, and gives the military an excuse to get rid of gays in the military who do "tell" or are outed by others. The description by your military minister is rather disingenuous. |
| Date | 10:49:15, June 15, 2008 CET | From | People's Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | It prevents it because if you know someone is gay, the discriminators will immediately start on that target, "don't ask, don't tell" allows no one to know, meaning that no one will know whether someone is homosexual or not, i hope you'll learn to reconsider what you say, and vote for the more important sections in this bill, being biological and chemical weapons. |
| Date | 11:50:48, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | It is not reducing homophobia, it is writing it into the rules. Homosexuals have served openly in Kalistan's military for generations. It is a non-issue for our soldiers. |
| Date | 16:21:11, June 15, 2008 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Kalistan Military Act |
| Message | We will support the NBC provisions, without the "don't ask, don't tell" rider which really has nothing to do with the other sections of the bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 430 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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