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Bill: Freedom of Religion Act of 2776
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria
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: May 2778
Description[?]:
| An act to remove the state from religious affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: All nationals are required to register their race and religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Article 2
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: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:42:52, June 24, 2009 CET | From |  Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | The state church has existed for a long long time. Why dismantle it? |
| Date | 00:43:54, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | Also, there is freedom of religion in Hulstria. The two current laws on the book do not prohibit that. |
| Date | 00:50:36, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | We are not dismantling any church. We are simply removing any state sponsorship of any religion. It is unfair that one faith is favored by the government. And while the government does permit citizens to freely join other churches, we cannot continue to allow our government to say that one religion is more holy and more deserving of that status than the next. |
| Date | 01:16:20, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | The State Church is ceremonial and does not need to be removed. State ownership? The State Church isn't an energy company, it is the Church the members of the Royal Family are apart of. The government in Kien doesn't play any role in it. |
| Date | 01:45:27, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Leutes Kommunistische Liga | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 01:59:21, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Nationale Demokratische Union | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | This act is absurd considering that we are a monarchy. There is not a single monarchy that doesn't have a state church; the tradition in monarchy is that the church of the Royal Family be the state church. Even though the term for it is "state church", it is absolutely optional to be apart of that church and still an option to not even be Christian. If we were a republic, then we'd support this, but we're not a republic, and we never will be. |
| Date | 02:03:47, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | The sudden shift to the right of the BZH is very concerning. |
| Date | 02:27:08, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Nationale Demokratische Union | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | This is not a change of our views. We have always felt this way about the state church. |
| Date | 02:41:19, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | The BZH is a conservative party. It's not surprising that they are against this. |
| Date | 05:01:08, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Act of 2776 |
| Message | I don't know how being a monarchist is a "right-wing" position. They are right though, consitutional monarchies in particracy and in the RL world have a State Church. Hulstria should be no different. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 298 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 262 |
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