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Bill: Protecting God's Creation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian 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: January 2908
Description[?]:
| Is our duty both towards Him and comming generations and definetily more important than money (the beginning of all evil!). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: The government enforces no regulations.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Current: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:55:59, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Paleofederalist Party | To | Debating the Protecting God's Creation |
| Message | “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth” (Gen. 1:28). You don't have to look too far to find this one - it's probably just on the first page. All this bil does is increase the size of the federal government and reduce the efficiency of its operations. |
| Date | 18:45:02, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Christian Party | To | Debating the Protecting God's Creation |
| Message | Jer. 2:7. "I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and you made my inheritance detestable." Lev. 25:23-24. "The land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants. Throughout the country that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land." You really think Christ would support destroying nature for our own greedy purposes? |
| Date | 22:42:40, March 13, 2010 CET | From | Buidheann Saorsa | To | Debating the Protecting God's Creation |
| Message | Old Testament FTL? |
| Date | 02:12:53, March 14, 2010 CET | From | Paleofederalist Party | To | Debating the Protecting God's Creation |
| Message | Your first quote uses the word "defile" which, in context, means "to make ceremonially unclean." We are not sugesting that we go and destory the enivronment and wildlife, we are simply saying that it is silly to think that the federal government should be making laws restricting ecological practices that actually help the environment. God wants us to live happily by have dominion over nature. Local governments are clearly more effective in deciding what is to be protected and what is to be hunted. |
| Date | 04:01:28, March 14, 2010 CET | From | Rerum Novarum Party | To | Debating the Protecting God's Creation |
| Message | "You really think Christ would support destroying nature for our own greedy purposes?" He offered burnt sacrifices. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 107 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 103 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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