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Bill: Social Justice Act (edited)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Yehudi Aliyah
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: January 2152
Description[?]:
| We, the Kanjoran Social Democrats, do introduce this bill as per the platform of our party for the general welfare of Kanjor. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is granted based on race/religion/gender.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military actively seeks to remove homosexuals from it.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is compulsory.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to be armed or take part in combat.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: Slavery and the slave trade is allowed.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:50:41, November 20, 2005 CET | From |  Kanjoran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | We support just about everthing accept article 6. We do agree that there should be a state religion. Otherwise good job on everything else. |
| Date | 02:34:00, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Yehudi Aliyah | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | We are willing to negotiate Article 6 under the condition that your party will not vote YES on any act to make a state religion mandatory. |
| Date | 12:15:59, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Action Française | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | it already is mandatory |
| Date | 19:25:50, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Secular Humanist Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | I support the bill as it is. |
| Date | 20:47:37, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | Anyhow the SDP is in no position to make demands. |
| Date | 21:15:30, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Yehudi Aliyah | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | Shh... don't tell em that... |
| Date | 14:07:30, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Malfico Progressive Fascist Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | I support virtually nothing proposd in this bill, i approve of article 6 |
| Date | 01:56:14, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Yehudi Aliyah | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | The Article 6 concerning a state religion has been removed in hopes that the Anti-Heretical Act will not pass. |
| Date | 07:08:47, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | We agree with this bill and will vote for it despite some bad political consequences (every time we vote against slavery we end up seen as small government), if it looks as if our votes are the difference. Otherwise, we will try to gather more seats to take a principled stand for the ideals of this bill with, hopefully, more seats, next term. |
| Date | 12:31:53, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Yehudi Aliyah | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | I understand, I didn't actually expect this bill to pass. What I really wanted, was to develop the KSDP's platform. |
| Date | 18:56:28, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Social Justice Act (edited) |
| Message | Well, we're voting for it, as just by trying not to be unitarist we lost our big government position anyway...and maybe the other elements of this bill will help us retain as much of the big government status that the voting against slavery will lose us. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 115 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 398 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 236 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "The best politics is right action." - Mahatma Gandhi |