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Bill: Relgious Choice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvish Popular Front
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: August 2044
Description[?]:
| We support schools having the option to provide prayer sessions. This would be voluntary sessions at breaktime or lunchtime, and would be teacher led. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 encouraged.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:11:23, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | Some religions require prayer numerous times a day, so not letting them have these voluntary sessions would be an insult to all religous people in Dorvik! |
| Date | 23:03:05, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | Why do you oppose giving schools the option to give parents the option to give children the option to be able to practise their religion? This is in no way 'forcing religion on people' or 'brainwashing children' this is simply allowing people the chance to practise their religion! You could compare this bill to making schools provide a vegetarian choice - you must give people the opportunity to practise their believes whether you agree with them or not. |
| Date | 23:35:13, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Dorvik Conservative Party | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | We are against vegitarian choices!!! |
| Date | 23:54:36, April 28, 2005 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | Ok, your ignorant - the Social Democrats havent explained their reasoning yet though. |
| Date | 05:26:50, April 29, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | If kids want to pray, they are perfectly free to. They don't exactly need adult supervision for that kind of thing. Besides, this leaves the door open for the teachers to lead prayers whether or not their entire audience is willing. Teachers can pray on their own and students can pray on their own. The only people being restrained are those who would wish to shove their beliefs down other's throats. |
| Date | 05:27:04, April 29, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | Oh, sorry, forgot who I was talking to for a second... |
| Date | 17:00:03, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Relgious Choice Act |
| Message | Yes, in some religions prayers are lead by someone and I'm unsure whether children would be able to do that. In some cases children may be too young to know the prayer ritual fully. At the end of the day, you claim to believe in choice so, as I said before, why do you oppose giving schools the option to give parents the option to give children the option to be able to practise their religion? Furthermore, I fail to see how it gives teachers this option. In the same way there might be an arts and crafts club running at lunchtime, it hardly forces children to partake in it does it? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 23 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 56 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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