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Bill: Government Reponsibilities
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
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 2136
Description[?]:
| If the national government is prohibited from prosecuting homosexuals, local governments must be empowered to. For the purposes of interpreting article 2, anything considered to be "gay" or associated with homosexuality shall be considered obscene. This bill is to be enforced by the Church, with full legal authority. They shall submit a report detailing what has been done and what expenses have occured, and the government shall reimburse them. Punishments shall be decided by the religious community. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Displays of public affection and obscenity laws.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Current: All sexually implicit actions are illegal in public.
Proposed: Local governments may regulate laws on public acts of affection and obscenity.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Current: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Sexual relation laws are set by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:49:28, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Government Reponsibilities |
| Message | Which Church? There is no single state Church. We will not support article one, therefore. Nor will we support article 3, which would give the state control over ministers and is therefore a secularist attack on freedom of religion. We will support local government authority over public acts of affection, but no government has the right to legislate what individuals do in the privacy of their own bedrooms. So yes to 2, no to the rest. |
| Date | 23:10:40, November 05, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Government Reponsibilities |
| Message | My Church. Until other churches are made illegal, however, this will empower them as well. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 92 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 176 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 32 |
| Random fact: If your "Bills under debate" section is cluttered up with old bills created by inactive parties, report them for deletion on the Bill Clearouts Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men." - John Stuart Mill |