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Bill: School Prayers Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2615
Description[?]:
| This bill will: 1) Forbid teacher-led prayers, except in religious schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:01:27, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarian Party | To | Debating the School Prayers Act |
| Message | We in the LLP are unsure as to how to vote on this since we dont want to outright ban it, but we dont want it encouraged eather |
| Date | 23:03:48, August 01, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the School Prayers Act |
| Message | We are only banning teacher-led prayers in regular schools. That does not mean students cannot pray if they want to. In religious schools, well, they are religious schools, so we are not banning them from doing so. The teachers job is not to pray but to teach. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 77 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 73 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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