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Bill: Freedom of Speech
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Reform Coalition (FRP)
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: October 2044
Description[?]:
| Pornography should be legalized. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Current: All forms of pornography are legal, but only for adults.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:30:56, April 29, 2005 CET | From |  Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | Pornography comes under the umbrella of freedom of speech. |
| Date | 06:42:59, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | Not sure about the title, but we support. Please note that the RC attempted to legalise pornography awhile back. We failed, of course. |
| Date | 15:28:13, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | This should be calld the freddom to exploit women bill. do we really wish to build a society that reduces the female form to that of a consumer good that is to be bought and sold? |
| Date | 18:16:02, April 29, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | Hmm. Consenting adults are consenting adults, but then, it enforces old genderroles.... We are currently undecided. We also are irritated that this bill was not fully discussed before being moved to a vote. |
| Date | 00:50:20, April 30, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | apologies, we put it to the vote by accident, before we had made any proposals, so we had to put the proposals in afterwards. |
| Date | 02:29:37, April 30, 2005 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | I thought you couldn't ammend a bill after it was put to the vote???!!! |
| Date | 03:57:07, April 30, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Freedom of Speech |
| Message | I immediately hit the "go back button" and inserted the proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 52 | ||||
| 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: "The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind". - Gaylord Nelson |