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Bill: Religious Schools
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist 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: May 3063
Description[?]:
| In addition to the radical reforms we have already made. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:52:30, January 17, 2011 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools |
| Message | Mr Speaker, the current discrimination against religion is shameful. If people want to set up religious schools, what business is it of the state to intervene? If parents don't like the values espoused by a school, they won't send their kids to it. It's very simple. |
| Date | 04:24:53, January 17, 2011 CET | From | Crown Loyalist Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We must set standards for our education system. We want to build a country of intellegient and hard working people. People graduating from a religious school should graduate with at least the same knowledge as those graduating from public schools. Also a student graduating from a religious school that is not regulated would be at a disadvantage because their diploma would say nothing about their knowledge. A graduate could have no knowledge of math! or not even know how to read! |
| Date | 13:44:31, January 18, 2011 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we are now going to permit the idea of a religous school. We however share the concerns of the CLP. The idea that these religous schools are unregulated makes no sense for Hutori. We need educated young people coming out of the education system - not just religous people! Schools need to ensure that young people are capable of finding a worthwile job to benefit the Hutorian society and there needs to be some form of regulation to ensure this. |
| Date | 14:43:13, January 18, 2011 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it's our firm belief that the free market will ensure all are educated to a decent standard. Parents will not send their children to religious schools unless it prepares them for the future, and so if a religious school fails in its duties, it will fail to be successful. |
| Date | 14:54:18, January 18, 2011 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we do maintain reservations over the implementation of religous policy in Hutori. We do not want to have a system where it is forced down peoples throats. The education system is primarily to train people for jobs - religious enlightenment can be chose outside of the education system - hence the current regulations on the religous schools. The idea of schools forcing religion upon the young generation is not something the state should encourage! The education system is one of learning and religion should be left to peoples private lives. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 62 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 228 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 101 |
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