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Bill: Furthering of Church and State Seperation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front for State Prosperity
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: July 2136
Description[?]:
| Whereas: Public buildings are defined as halls of governance, administrative centers, judicial halls, law enforcement agencies, and other state-owned and state-operated aparattus. Whereas: The government cannot morally favor one religion over another. Whereas: Religious symbols confer an aura of favoring over the entire government and an aura of approval over specific establishments. Therefore: The PCP proposes that workers within public buildings be hereby banned from wearing religious symbols and that the buildings themselves not hang religious symbols or utilize religious texts prominently. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Proposed: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:59:29, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Furthering of Church and State Seperation |
| Message | The Sacred Order Faction of the AAS wonders WHY can government not 'morally favour one religion'? Is the PCP perhaps trying to impose THEIR moral code, over that of the Likatonian people? |
| Date | 19:07:36, November 03, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Furthering of Church and State Seperation |
| Message | The RLP believes that freedom of expression is an overriding concern here, and the right ot select one's own style of clothing should not be undully restricted. |
| Date | 08:30:43, November 04, 2005 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Furthering of Church and State Seperation |
| Message | We alsp believe that this bill is a threat to freedom of expression and should be opposed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 32 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 314 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 154 |
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