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Bill: Expect Civic Virtue, 2637
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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: January 2638
Description[?]:
| We must expect virtuous behavior from our people. The only way to create a virtuous, democratic citizenry is to require it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Gambling is illegal.
Proposed: Gambling is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Proposed: Prostitution is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Current: Smoking is prohibited.
Proposed: Smoking is prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:00:03, September 16, 2008 CET | From | Telamonese Communist Party | To | Debating the Expect Civic Virtue, 2637 |
| Message | We object to Article 2 and feel Article 3 goes rather too far, but we support the broad thrust of this Bill which is about establishing social responsibility and community standards of behaviour rather than the anarchy of libertarianism and capitalism. Albert Brocklehurst (General Secretary of the Telamonese Communist Party) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 207 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 268 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 26 |
| Random fact: Zardugal is a nation based on the old Byzantine Empire, with a modern twist and the Esperanto language. Zardugal is located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "What are you trying to protect heterosexual marriages from? There isn't a limited amount of love in Iowa. It isn't a non-renewable resource. If Amy and Barbara or Mike and Steve love each other, it doesn't mean that John and Mary can't." - Ed Fallon |