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Bill: Ecology
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Home and Hearth
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: May 2619
Description[?]:
| SHH is appalled at the Ecological Freedom bill that passed in May 2616. As the Aos Party argued in their August 2617 bill to reverse it, a) killing animals must be regulated to ensure that it is done humanely and hygienically, and b) unregulated trade in exotic animals invites disease into the nation. It's also simply ludicrous to not enforce any pollution prevention, which is the surest way to cause health problems and lawsuits to skyrocket. Finally, as an aside, lobbies representing Selucia's Christian, Muslim, and Jewish minorities (7%, 7%, and 1% respectively) have asked us to make it known that they take offence at the Moral Majority's interpretation of (what in the Christian Bible is called) Genesis 1:28. The lobbies say it gives mankind responsibility for the earth, not ownership, and it certainly does not mention rape. They have chosen as their rallying point this passage: "Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?" (Job 38:4). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Current: Local governments decide about this.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:20:59, August 09, 2008 CET | From | Aos Party | To | Debating the Ecology |
| Message | "Well said" |
| Date | 07:55:44, August 10, 2008 CET | From | Selucian Party of Social Democrats | To | Debating the Ecology |
| Message | The liberals are making fake polls! Its a conspiracy! This bill was passed by the people. Our share of the Senate went up after I passed the Ecological Freedom act! You liberals are destroying our country. The Bible is interpreted differently by different people. You chose the liberal church's interpretation. Most Christians voted for our party. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 199 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 63 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 238 |
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