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Bill: Religious Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rationalist Party
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: November 2134
Description[?]:
| #1 I think is pretty clear #2 The monies they spend on advertising and other non-charitable works should be available to tax, just like everyone else, any money used to improve the community (local or global) should be tax free |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:49:56, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I am willing to remove #2 to get this bill passed, if that seems to be the way things are leaning |
| Date | 19:18:41, October 31, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I dont' have a problem with 1. 2. I don't really have a problem with either, though it depends how they obtained these 'profits' and what they use the 'profits' for. |
| Date | 19:28:30, October 31, 2005 CET | From |  Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I'll agree with both. |
| Date | 19:28:54, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | Oh wait i read it wrong. I dont like #1 |
| Date | 20:55:41, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I don't like #1 either that is completely ridiculous. Plus how can one advertise oneself?! Join my religion and gain 100$ plus eternal salvation? That is stupid alrdy. |
| Date | 22:16:58, October 31, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | No, have you ever seen the ads for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that's a religious ad |
| Date | 03:19:48, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I've never seen a religious ad before. The closest thing i can think of, would be my Synagouge promoting some battle of the bands do-wacky to raise money. But then again Judaism isn't a prostelying religion. I'm still undecided on the whole missionary deal, but i would likely vote to have no missionaries in the land whatsoever. |
| Date | 04:38:15, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Religious Reforms |
| Message | I've seen those ads. So snobby. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 130 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?" - Abraham Lincoln |