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Bill: Anti-Religious Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL)
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 2966
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:06:17, July 08, 2010 CET | From |  Art & Labour | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | Quite a u-turn from the party that wanted religion to be mandatory not very long ago. This will pass because the National Socialist parties (the ones that dont understand the ideas of liberty and freedom) are in the majority, but we shall vote no just the same as we have on every one of your (IC) bills. |
| Date | 20:04:59, July 08, 2010 CET | From | Mountain Man Party | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | I ain't a religious man myself, but I don't see no harm in lettin' folks believe in hoodoo. |
| Date | 22:09:24, July 08, 2010 CET | From | Dark Templar (LL) | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | The Dark Templar agree with this as we see this as a breath of fresh aid for Ikradon High Templar Vesskar |
| Date | 00:08:34, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Anarcho-Primitivist Concern | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | We are sad that the SLD misunderstands communists so much, and is so bitter about us. We would never vote to restrict people's social freedoms. And we are not national socialists. We challenge them to point to a time that we have suggested a bill that restricts social freedoms or places nationalism above internationalism. |
| Date | 00:10:15, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Anarcho-Primitivist Concern | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | We support a ban on religious schools, as we see these schools as propaganda machines, and we are not happy with the current rules on evangelism. But we are totally against banning religion. |
| Date | 00:14:47, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Anarcho-Primitivist Concern | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | We support a ban on religious schools, as we see these schools as propaganda machines, and we are not happy with the current rules on evangelism. But we are totally against banning religion. |
| Date | 12:42:12, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Union Socialism Alliance | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | This argument about religion and religious schools has already been discussed time and time again, and we have reached a compromise in the last discussion before now. We hope that the CFP, RMS and the DT keep in mind the compromise, and vote against this bill, as it tramples in one great freedom we all have, freedom of belief. |
| Date | 18:19:38, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | Yet again the Dark Templar exhibit a bizzare belief that a fundamental freedom on a par with freedom of speech and the right to vote is somehow evil. Just because they dont like religion and the SCI has u-turned on the subject does not mean that there are not religious people in Ikradon, or for that matter their own party. And what other freedoms would they take away? The right to vote? The right to free speech? |
| Date | 21:39:20, July 09, 2010 CET | From | Anarcho-Primitivist Concern | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | We have never agreed to the compromise bill, we don't think it works or is enforcable. But we will not vote in favour of banning religion. |
| Date | 02:21:25, July 10, 2010 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Anti-Religious Bill |
| Message | "SCI has u-turned on the subject" Switchin' up the role-playing a little, hope that's alright with you, SLD. ;) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 290 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 362 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 98 |
| 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: "An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job." - Author Unknown |