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Bill: Secular Reinforcement Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Humanist Alliance
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: April 2789
Description[?]:
We cannot continue to give tax breaks to churchs or allow teacher led prayers in public schools as the Commonwealth of Rutania is a secular state. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:49:52, July 17, 2009 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Secular Reinforcement Bill |
Message | We will support this as it stands in March 2788 |
Date | 01:23:51, July 18, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Secular Reinforcement Bill |
Message | We will not support this legislation. The status quo is ideal. |
Date | 02:03:57, July 19, 2009 CET | From | Popular Socialist Liberation Movement | To | Debating the Secular Reinforcement Bill |
Message | We completely support this bill. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 198 | |||
no | Total Seats: 107 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: All role-play must respect the established cultural background in Culturally Protected nations. |
Random quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx |