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Bill: Freedom of and from Religion Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sozialistische Weltrepublik Partei
Status[?]: passed
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: February 3195
Description[?]:
| It is greatly disturbing that an advanced and progressive nation as Dorvik should have a state religion and teacher lead prayers in school, even as we profess religious freedom. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:53:07, October 07, 2011 CET | From | Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The Demokraten cannot support this bill in it's present form. We feel that Article 1 is too aggressive and we would prefer to see this changed to "The government leaves this decision upto the schools themselves". We also see no harm in having an official state religion provided that it is not forced upon anyone and so we do not support article 2. Therefore, we shall not support this bill. |
| Date | 22:03:04, October 07, 2011 CET | From | Hosian-Konservative Allianz | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The KPD will support this bill. |
| Date | 09:36:51, October 08, 2011 CET | From | Sozialistische Weltrepublik Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Representative of the Demokratische Partei, That is the crux of this bill, sir. The very fact that teacher-lead prayers in school are sanctioned in itself makes membership to the state religion compulsory. It is our duty to fix the law so that all our people are free to live and choose whether or not they wish to worship. |
| Date | 11:27:19, October 08, 2011 CET | From | Vereinigte Bewegung der Regionen | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The SED considers this as a step in the right direction. |
| Date | 17:51:24, October 09, 2011 CET | From | Radikalen für Dorvik | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Mister speaker, The first article is what the Konservative Reichspartei can not agree with, we believe that forbidding religion on schools, no matter what they are called, is too much. We therefore agree with the Demokraten that this should be decided by the schools. The second article, however, has our full support. That should be the choice of the individual, not the state. Because article 1 does not match us, we are forced to vote no. |
| Date | 21:46:47, October 09, 2011 CET | From | Sozialistische Weltrepublik Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | Due to another bill being passed that addresses the prayer issue, the bill is being modified. |
| Date | 06:25:30, October 10, 2011 CET | From | Sozialistische Weltrepublik Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of and from Religion Act. |
| Message | OOC: I realized you can't change bills while they're being voted on. Derp. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 287 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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