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Bill: Hate Speech
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Coalition
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: July 2818
Description[?]:
| Where is the freedom of speech in the current laws, and who is to say what is and is not hate speech. If on an aired brodcast a political party says that they do not support gay couples adopting because according to their data gays are more likily to molest children. Is the human rights commision going to sue them, under current laws yes. It is a rediculous concept and we do not support it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:03, September 16, 2009 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Hate Speech |
| Message | eh, it's better |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 142 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 504 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry." - Winston Churchill |