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Bill: The Scholastic Prayer Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Party of Gaduridos
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: July 2121
Description[?]:
| This Bill will allow schools to decide whether or not they will allow teacher-led prayer in their classrooms. This Bill will remove the government's hand in these affairs, granting autonomous schools the same rights as a free individual. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:40:21, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the The Scholastic Prayer Act |
| Message | The Totalitarian Party does not support this proposal. Prayer should be confined to religious schools. |
| Date | 16:52:57, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the The Scholastic Prayer Act |
| Message | The DCP supports this. Schools can decide for themselves what makes sense in a local context. |
| Date | 02:00:39, October 05, 2005 CET | From | Nuovo Partito Di Machiavellian | To | Debating the The Scholastic Prayer Act |
| Message | This is a stepping stone to state sponsored religion. If you want prayer in schools, that's what we have religious private schools for. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 70 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 317 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 18 |
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