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Bill: Civil liberties reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radicalistische Bewegung
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: October 2738
Description[?]:
| The government should not intervene in people there personal life nor force a political decided morality on them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Current: Only couples may adopt children.
Proposed: Everyone may adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to adultery.
Old value:: Adultery is a capital offence.
Current: Adultery is legal.
Proposed: There is no explicit government policy on adultery.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government position in respect to crossdressing policy.
Old value:: Crossdressing is prohibited by the state.
Current: Crossdressing is allowed.
Proposed: Crossdressing is allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or used for commercial purposes.
Proposed: The national flag may not be desecrated or used for commercial purposes.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal and prosecuted as a civil offence.
Current: Public nudity is illegal and prosecuted as a civil offence.
Proposed: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on population control.
Old value:: The government actively promotes population growth.
Current: The government does not engage in population control.
Proposed: The government does not engage in population control.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Displays of public affection and obscenity laws.
Old value:: All sexually implicit actions are illegal in public.
Current: Sexual intercourse is illegal in public.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:32:59, April 07, 2009 CET | From |  Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Civil liberties reform |
| Message | We can't have anarchy in our social environment. |
| Date | 16:12:41, April 08, 2009 CET | From | Radicalistische Bewegung | To | Debating the Civil liberties reform |
| Message | Well we can have freedom, can we? |
| Date | 16:59:02, April 08, 2009 CET | From | Kaufmännischer Anschluss | To | Debating the Civil liberties reform |
| Message | Yes. The freedom to follow the laws of the Crownlands. |
| Date | 19:43:12, April 08, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Civil liberties reform |
| Message | The RM have already styled themselves as communists, republicans, and anarchists; the fact that they are this should already give a reason to vote against their proposals. There is a difference between freedom and anarchy. What proposed here is anarchy. |
| Date | 20:07:40, April 08, 2009 CET | From | Liberaldemokratische Allianz | To | Debating the Civil liberties reform |
| Message | The CLA does not necessarily support Article 3 but the major thrust of the bill is still valid. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 321 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 404 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity." - Naomi Klein |