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Bill: SUN.009.2769 Freedom of Religion Act
Details
Status[?]: passed
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 2771
Description[?]:
| We once more introduce this bill to protect freedom of speech, as it applies to religion. It is quite simply unfair to apply additional scrutiny to travelers because they happen to be visiting for religious reasons. We have also added a provision to protect freedom of religious speech domestically. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:32:02, June 11, 2009 CET | From | Central Union of Trade and Economy | To | Debating the SUN.009.2769 Freedom of Religion Act |
| Message | Agreed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 431 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 131 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |