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Bill: Civil Rights Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party
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: May 2120
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to widen the civil rights of our great nation so that the people are allowed to do what they want without government interference that some parties here love to introduce |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is regulated by local governments.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:30:33, October 02, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Civil Rights Bill |
| Message | Aye. |
| Date | 15:36:03, October 02, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Civil Rights Bill |
| Message | Civil rights? Denying our citizens a decent pension? Destroying nature? |
| Date | 19:31:44, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Civil Rights Bill |
| Message | Since when was allowing people to own animals destroying nature and not a breach of their rights? Since when is forcing people to pay in to a state pension not a breach of their rights? It is forcing them to do something You wouldnt know what rights are if they walked up and slapped you in the face (All in character from the abrasive Horatio Nelson) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 185 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 357 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel." - Ernesto "Che" Guevara |