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Bill: UMA: Anti-Cult Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriciate Imperial League (UCF)
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: November 2608
Description[?]:
| We, at UMA, do not believe that cults should be recognised in Mordusia, and we believe there should be legislation against their formation and existance within our borders. These groups exist only to take advantage of our population, and can potentially damage our society and economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:43:42, July 18, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Union of Liberty | To | Debating the UMA: Anti-Cult Policy |
| Message | What right do we, as a free society, have to regulate the ideals and beliefs of a given minority? The answer is simple really, we do not. This bill is criminal and against everything that a free society stands for. |
| Date | 05:33:25, July 19, 2008 CET | From | Patriciate Imperial League (UCF) | To | Debating the UMA: Anti-Cult Policy |
| Message | This bill is not proposed to eliminate peoples rights, it is for the sake of the people that we are proposing this. Cults do not exist to improve society, they only exist to manipulate innocent and naive victims, take their money and, essentially, their life away from them. They should be criminalised for fraud. ANY religion has the right to exist, but there is a huge difference between religion and a cult. |
| Date | 22:33:23, July 19, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the UMA: Anti-Cult Policy |
| Message | The only difference between a religion and a cult is money and power. |
| Date | 05:48:40, July 20, 2008 CET | From | Alliance Res Publica (UCF) | To | Debating the UMA: Anti-Cult Policy |
| Message | While we disagree with the MAU's arguments, we must stand firm that all religions have a right to exist. While Alliance Res Publica supports the existence of a state religion, we believe membership should be optional. We must encourage faith. In conclusion, we do not trust the government to adequately define what is a cult and what isn't, seeing as how the MAU seems to think things that don't have money and power are cults. We maintain concern that certain groups may be persecuted by the government. We FIRMLY oppose this Bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 59 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 141 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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