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Bill: Religious Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists
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 2593
Description[?]:
| High-quality, secular education should be available as an option to every parent. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:56:38, June 17, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religious Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Such policies are not compatible with this Holy Empire. |
| Date | 00:22:45, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Religious Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This legislation does not attempt to stop Luthori from being a Christian country, nor to stop the Church of Luthori enjoying a special relationship with the state. What this legislation does do is begin to prise the education system away from the Church and into the hands of secular academic institutions. We are not trying to undermine religion in Luthori, just to put it in its appropriate place. |
| Date | 00:46:34, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Religious Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The idea of Church Schools being "strictly regulated" by secular "authorities" is offensive in the extreme! |
| Date | 02:56:04, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists | To | Debating the Religious Education Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Perhaps the Right Honourable Gentleman would like to see our sons and daughters subjected to the demands of the warped sexual proclivities of certain of our nuns, monks and priests instead...? Some state oversight is needed in any school, just to minimise the risk of abuses taking place. Arthur Smith (General Secretary of Her Majesty's Loyal Trade Unionists) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 69 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 74 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 31 |
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