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Bill: Secular Public Schools
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rationalist Party
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: September 2132
Description[?]:
| In order to prevent complaints of teachers forcing religion (either specific or generally) on students, we would not support teacher led prayers. Note: This does not ban prayer in school |
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 forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:16:09, October 27, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Secular Public Schools |
| Message | They are not forcing religion.......if a student has a complaint, more then likely, the school board, will tell the teacher to stop 'forcing' prayer, and that will be that. Not all students complain about religion in school. I do not know why you can't understand this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 115 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 33 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 107 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values." - Ronald Reagan |