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Bill: Yeoman Priests
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia
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: April 2759
Description[?]:
| The ministers, priests and warrior monks of Beluzia shall till the earth, providing wisdom to the children! All who oppose us shall be retrained into our servants... if they SURVIVE!!! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The way adulthood is determined.
Old value:: Adulthood is determined by age.
Current: Adulthood is determined by age.
Proposed: Adulthood is determined by a test.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must be non-profit and have a specific focus.
Current: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is mandatory; all children must seek employment.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Proposed: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are enslaved.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: Slavery and the slave trade is allowed.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:35:26, May 18, 2009 CET | From | Free Liberal Party | To | Debating the Yeoman Priests |
| Message | We would like the government to stay completely out of religious matters. It compromises the integrity of the governmental structure. As for the agricultural policy, we feel the current state of affairs benefits the state most. |
| Date | 17:04:23, May 18, 2009 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Yeoman Priests |
| Message | The idea is that farm work is good, and priests are good, and the two combined can indoctrinate the People's Youth into the finest and most upstanding group of citizens the world has ever seen! In what way is traditional Beluzian religion compromising to government structure? Only in those areas wherein the government is corrupt, and needs a seachange. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 285 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 465 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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