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Bill: School Anthem Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Moderate 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 2133
Description[?]:
| No child should be made to say the national anthem. This is a breach of personal liberty. If the child chooses not to, that is his/her right. This law needs to change to an optional version, where the anthem may be held, but the child shoudnt be forced to follow. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:40:18, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Farmers' Militia | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | Despite what I would like, our national anthem isn't a prayer, so your arguement is somewhat moot. |
| Date | 10:02:28, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Ecotopian Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | Nationalism is a religion of sorts, which is why so many cultural totems are regarded as sacred (ie, the issue of flag burning etc.) Personally, I don't think children should have to perform the national anthem at all, but we would be willing to vote for this as a step back from the current regressive policy. |
| Date | 16:23:08, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Kalistani Workers Party | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | Is our nation not important? Pretty soon you guys will stop teaching Kalistani history in school. |
| Date | 20:08:25, October 29, 2005 CET | From | People's Moderate Party | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | My apologies, this i tried to redo this bill, but i guess i didnt hit the right button. My original plan was prayer in school, but there was none on the proposal list, so we have changed it to the national anthem. Again, my apologies for the mistake |
| Date | 20:11:11, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Farmers' Militia | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | Ah, well, I'm still agaisnt it. Instilling a bit of nationalism into our youth is a great idea. |
| Date | 22:54:30, October 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Moderate Party | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | There's a difference between inspiring our youth with freedom and forcing them to observe it. How can we say we are "defenders of freedom" or a "freedom loving people" if we cant allow a simple choice of wether our kids can say the anthem or choose not to? |
| Date | 23:05:08, October 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Moderate Party | To | Debating the School Anthem Act |
| Message | We respectfuly ask the Ecotopian Party to explain their statement in the above debate and their current "no" vote for this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 93 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 14 |
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