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Bill: NPD VI - The State Church Act of September 2597
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe
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: July 2598
Description[?]:
| The State Church of Dundorf shall hereby be the Zweite Protestierende Ökumenische Kirche Dundorf (Second Protestant Ecumenical Church of Dundorf). Article I: The Church is independent of State control but serves as a symbol of Dundorf stating in its motto: "Dundorf is and shall remain a Protestant Nation under the auspice of God." Article II: All Protestant churches found throughout the defined borders of Dundorf, or found under the control of ethnic Dundorfians (Volksdundorfe) outside of the Nation, have the opportunity and ability to enter the organization if it meets the following criteria: - It must be Protestant, denying the authority and spirituality of the Pope of the Catholic Churches, papalism, and the idolatry of Saints. - It must revere the Testaments of the Holy Scripture, witness them as the sole word of God, and view their words as the ultimate authority of Christianity. Article III: The Church is intended to act primarily as a symbol of the nation, and a statement of Protestant faith. It must not act nor be percieved as a restrictive body determining a rigid and proper religious doctrine; only the Word of God found within the Testaments of the Holy Scriptures can create such a doctrine. Therefore, each individual Protestant denomination found within the Church hereby possess a certain degree of autonomy to determine their own right and proper doctrine. As such, it allows the differing sects to exist within it, making their own doctrinal decisions regarding issues, which include but are not limited to, the true Nature of Christ, the Holy Trinity, Original Sin, Predestination, Marriage, Divorce, and women ministers. Article IV: The Church is hereby run by the Ökumenischer Rat (Ecumenical Council) with the Regelnpastor (Governing Pastor) at its head. The Kongreß der Frommen Beamter (Congress of Pious Officials), which meets annually and is made up of all the local ministers of the Church, shall hereby elect the Council and the Governing Pastor; who shall hereby be appointed formally by the legislature of Dundorf upon the recommendation of the Congress. Article V: The work and purpose of the Governing Pastor and the Council shall be chosen by the Congress when in session, as it may vary depending on the climate and situations of the country at large. Article VI: Membership and participation of the individual in the Zweite Protestantische Kirche; which is a combination of the Calvinist and Lutheran Churches. The Church is completely voluntary and the rights of the all people of Dundorf (Reichsdundorfe) to worship their own religion in their own ways, within the confines of national and regional laws, shall not be infringed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Proposed: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: Religion is allowed but the state promotes atheism.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:19:36, June 26, 2008 CET | From | Unabhängige Demokratische Union | To | Debating the NPD VI - The State Church Act of September 2597 |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 01:15:21, June 27, 2008 CET | From | Militärregierung - Alte Kämpfergruppe | To | Debating the NPD VI - The State Church Act of September 2597 |
| Message | We're sorry to hear that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 311 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 89 |
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