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Bill: Anti Military Discrimination Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori
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 2735
Description[?]:
| The number one priority of all Governments is the protection of its citizens. We cannot afford to put restrictions on our efforts to protect our citizens purely based on outdated customs. We must pass this bill in order to fully defend our glorious state. In another attempt to improve the efficiency of our military, we must also abolish the military service. It is entirely unnecessary and only throws untrained, innocent civilians into the middle of war. Untrained citizens are of no use except to provide even more targets for our enemies to shoot at. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:55:42, March 31, 2009 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Anti Military Discrimination Act |
| Message | "We support article 3 and possibly article 4, the party leadership must first meet to decide upon a course of action pertaining to the other articles but my guess is that we will have to oppose." -Sir Dale Primo, League Vicemaster, head of the Geharon Conservatives "We entirely support this bill, however, our conservative allies are in the majority of the party leadership, so we doubt that the League will support this bill." -Isaac Stevenson, League Governor, head of the Homeland Libertarians |
| Date | 04:16:15, April 01, 2009 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Anti Military Discrimination Act |
| Message | We are disappointed but in no way surprised that the CIL will oppose a bill which promotes the freedoms and rights of the citizens of Luthori. It is even more disappointing that discrimination at the hands of religious intolerance will damage the military capabilities of our nation. We will, nonetheless, put this bill to vote to prove to our citizens that we are committed to their rights, freedoms and safety. -LDP Chairman Jonathon Churchwood |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 13 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 54 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "They should rule who are able to rule best." - Aristotle |