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Bill: Religion Act, 2715
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldurian Green 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: March 2725
Description[?]:
| Removing impediments to the spirituality of the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:39:20, February 21, 2009 CET | From |  Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | You fight for the people and yet you don't even give them the choice of whether or not they want Religion? You are such a hypocrite. You shout for the People and the People should rule, and then you push them down into slaves with your thumb. |
| Date | 19:39:52, February 21, 2009 CET | From | Federal Coalition | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | Removing impediments? We are highly disturbed by these proposals to the legislature and by what we see as the SSS's actions to place Alduria on the slippery slope to fascism! |
| Date | 20:05:53, February 21, 2009 CET | From | Aldurian Green Party | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | No one has the right to religion because all religion is bad by definition of being a religion. We are not faschists, we just don't believe religion is tolerable, we are federalists in everything else and believe all power belongs to the local governments. |
| Date | 03:20:56, February 22, 2009 CET | From | Federal Coalition | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | By denying the right to freedom of religion to the people of Alduria your party is, in essence, denying them freedom of information: to hear all viewpoints and all information unhindered by the government. Once you deny the freedom of information, then you deny the freedom of independent thought, and once that occurs, a government is lost to its people. |
| Date | 03:04:42, February 23, 2009 CET | From | Radical-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | Just as the State should not advocate a specific faith, so should the state refrain from interfering with the personal decisions on such matters of the populace. We can't support Articles 4 and 5, though we would support abolishing the state religion and leaving it completely to the people. We would also suggest a more moderate change for Article 1. |
| Date | 20:30:30, February 23, 2009 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | The people can choose what religion they want to be in now, the state religion, the Church of Alduria, (Luth.) is the majority of the people living in the nation. Because so it is the "State" Religion. We do not force people, and if I remember right, it is taxed like all the others. It just gets the nice fancy title of "State Reigion". |
| Date | 03:45:03, March 13, 2009 CET | From | Parti Imperial du Peuple (IA) | To | Debating the Religion Act, 2715 |
| Message | My vote is not needed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 84 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 152 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 265 |
| Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
| Random quote: "We pursue no other aim than freedom from oppression, liberty from lies, salvation from irrationality!" - Julius Callus, former Davostani politician |