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Bill: Extreme Athiesm
Details
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 3242
Description[?]:
| We propose the following, in a bid to remove religion forever from these Republics. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Article 7
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 | 14:28:12, January 11, 2012 CET | From | FSD Party | To | Debating the Extreme Athiesm |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I am simply disgusted by this bill, it and the party that proposed it are clearly out to destroy the solid moral foundations that Lodamun is built upon! No bill to damage the religious freedom of the Lodamese people shall ever pass so long as I and my party remain in power. President Campbell, Congress September 3241 |
| Date | 19:03:10, January 11, 2012 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Extreme Athiesm |
| Message | The URP is a strongly secular party; however, we believe that government shouldn't intrude on personal lives. Articles 3 and 5 do enjoy URP support and should be considered in the future. |
| Date | 19:38:19, January 11, 2012 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Extreme Athiesm |
| Message | We are out to do no such thing. However the morons in Norstaven still need to be courted. |
| Date | 21:28:40, January 11, 2012 CET | From | Verde Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Extreme Athiesm |
| Message | The VNP strongly opposes this measure, and condemns the Democrats Party for attempting to enact its own beliefs (aethiesm) on the rest of Lodamun. |
| Date | 21:34:22, January 11, 2012 CET | From | Democrats | To | Debating the Extreme Athiesm |
| Message | Mr Speaker, surely that it is the point of politics? If a political party does not attempt to enact its own beliefs, then surely politics should not exist, or rather what would be the point in a party that tries to enact beliefs it doesn't believe in? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 16 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 84 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "Radical left-wing ideologies must be stamped out." - Franklin McCarthy, former Solentian politician |