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Bill: Liberation of the Mind Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom and Revolution 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 3058
Description[?]:
Moral action derives only from liberated action. A man forced to do something cannot be judged righteous or depraved ere reflex and coercion be considered for judgment. The great irony of legislated morality is that, through moral regulation, it becomes impossible for any man to be moral, for their choices are not made in reason, but reaction. Indeed, the creation of the organized religion, the bed-fellow of the State, remains one of the greatest evils ever to confront mankind since society developed. The state, though parasitic, can make no true and lasting illusion that it is unstoppable, that it is unquestionable; its operators may proclaim themselves infallible in their hubris, but all rational people scoff quietly, understanding the Emperor has no clothes. The state is but an institution of violence, and makes no attempt to hide. Religion is the other side of this coin of tyranny. Religion comes in peace and fine robes, presents gifts of love and life; all it asks is your unquestioning, unthinking obedience to its directives. If anything, the church is worse than the state, for the state can only break the body, while the church breaks the mind. And now, we have the marriage of Leviathan and Babylon, merged as one immense parasite, placing shackled on the body and the mind. Such church-state beast is the ultimate threat to the survival of mankind as a thinking species. We cannot stand for it. Though we know that this Act will never pass in parliament, for the machinations of State and Church run far too deep, let it be known that we are forever vigilant against the sword-wielding vipers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 16:15:35, January 09, 2011 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Liberation of the Mind Act |
Message | Speaker, Representing the Catholics of Luthori, we support this act. Though the FRP may dislike us too, we deserve the freedom to worship as we please, free from state interference. We bless seperation of church and state, not only for our own sake (that we may worship freeley and so we do not become corrupted) but for the sake of those who practice different faith traditions. I yield. |
Date | 17:32:37, January 09, 2011 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Liberation of the Mind Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, The Papists should be made aware that their "Luthorian Catholic Church" is officially a cult, and cultists are not protected by the Common Bill of Rights. I yield. |
Date | 17:34:30, January 09, 2011 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Liberation of the Mind Act |
Message | Speaker, The CIL should be made aware that their influence is skrinking and soon justice will flow down like water. I yield. |
Date | 18:49:07, January 09, 2011 CET | From | Imperial Aristocratic League | To | Debating the Liberation of the Mind Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, Once again a political party does not understand the principles and morals this nation was founded upon. Once again another party is attempting to destroy this great nation from the inside. The LPP will not allow it to happen without a fight. While the FRP may not be as outrageous as the USC, they are coming dangerously close to being an illegitimate party in the eyes of the LPP. We urge the FRP not to cross that line. We also believe the people of Luthori realize the mistake they made last election and soon the USC will see their power taken away from them by the people of this great nation. I yield, Conservative minded members of the legislature stand and applaud. |
Date | 09:27:10, January 10, 2011 CET | From | Freedom and Revolution Party | To | Debating the Liberation of the Mind Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, The calls of being an "illegitimate party" in the eyes of the Patriots Party bring us great joy, for while they see us as an illegitimate party, we view them as illegitimate humans, devoid of basic reasoning skills and moral standards. We will not listen to hilariously unimaginative and bloodfilled threats from thieves and oppressors, and suggest we all stifle this talk of "illegitimacy," no longer wasting our breaths in ridiculous masquerades. I yield/ |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 79 | |||
no | Total Seats: 122 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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