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Bill: Declaration of the Peoples Rights
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Republic Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2677
Description[?]:
| Declaration of the People's Rights Preamble: We, the government of the Free Republic of Lourenne, do hereby declare that the citizens of Lourenne have certain inalienable rights that no government, present or future, may take away. These rights are part of the fundamental nature of man, and thus we pledge to protect them. Resolved that the preceding articles, containing the rights of the people, be ratified by the Senate of the Free Republic of Lourenne. Article 1: The government shall make no laws or decisions that prevent the people from exercising the freedoms of speech, press, petition, and assembly. However, the government may regulate profanity, libel, and slander. Article 2: The people may practice any religion they so choose, and religion shall have no influence over the government. Article 3: The people may engage in whatever sexuality they are, and practice whatever sexual behaviors they wish as long as it is between consenting adults and no harm comes to either of them. Article 4: The government may not take away a persons life, liberty, privacy, or interfere with their pursuit of happiness without following due process of the law. Furthermore, the government may not take away a persons property for public use without reasonable payment. Article 5: All rights not forbidden to the people, whether by law or resolution, are given to them. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:33:50, December 06, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | This is a resolution, and while not it does not change any laws, we feel that we should make a declaration of the rights of the citizens of Lourenne, so the government will not abuse the people. |
| Date | 01:39:34, December 06, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | We agree to making such declaration. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, right to a living wage, right to a home, right to a job, right to health care, and right to personal privacy. Those are the rights we believe every citizen is entitled to. |
| Date | 01:41:31, December 06, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | I just wrote up an entire declaration and it didn't post. I guess ill try writing it again. |
| Date | 01:53:19, December 06, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | I just wrote up an entire declaration and it didn't post. I guess ill try writing it again. |
| Date | 03:19:32, December 07, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | Preamble: We, the government of the Free Republic of Lourenne, do hereby declare that the citizens of Lourenne have certain inalienable rights that no government, present or future, may take away. These rights are part of the fundamental nature of man, and thus we pledge to protect them. Resolved that the preceding articles, containing the rights of the people, be ratified by the Senate of the Free Republic of Lourenne. Article 1: The government shall make no laws or decisions that prevent the people from exercising the freedoms of speech, press, petition, and assembly. However, the government may regulate profanity, libel, and slander. Article 2: The people may practice any religion they so choose, and religion shall have no influence over the government. Article 3: The people may engage in whatever sexuality they are, and practice whatever sexual behaviors they wish as long as it is between consenting adults and no harm comes to either of them. Article 4: The government may not take away a persons life, liberty, or interfere with their pursuit of happiness without following due process of the law. Furthermore, the government may not take away a persons property for public use without reasonable payment. Article 5: All rights not forbidden to the people, whether by law or resolution, are given to them |
| Date | 03:20:01, December 07, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | any other ideas for articles for the resolution? |
| Date | 19:43:24, December 07, 2008 CET | From | People's Power Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | Those are acceptable to us. It may leave out some of the things we proposed but this is acceptable as well. |
| Date | 20:22:31, December 07, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | I will amend article 4 to include privacy rights. I'll Post the final resolution in just one sec. |
| Date | 20:23:54, December 07, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Declaration of the Peoples Rights |
| Message | Declaration of the People's Rights Preamble: We, the government of the Free Republic of Lourenne, do hereby declare that the citizens of Lourenne have certain inalienable rights that no government, present or future, may take away. These rights are part of the fundamental nature of man, and thus we pledge to protect them. Resolved that the preceding articles, containing the rights of the people, be ratified by the Senate of the Free Republic of Lourenne. Article 1: The government shall make no laws or decisions that prevent the people from exercising the freedoms of speech, press, petition, and assembly. However, the government may regulate profanity, libel, and slander. Article 2: The people may practice any religion they so choose, and religion shall have no influence over the government. Article 3: The people may engage in whatever sexuality they are, and practice whatever sexual behaviors they wish as long as it is between consenting adults and no harm comes to either of them. Article 4: The government may not take away a persons life, liberty, privacy, or interfere with their pursuit of happiness without following due process of the law. Furthermore, the government may not take away a persons property for public use without reasonable payment. Article 5: All rights not forbidden to the people, whether by law or resolution, are given to them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 450 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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