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Bill: Progressive Reform Bill - Marriage Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Party
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: August 2153
Description[?]:
| To accomodate our large immigrant community, we propose that foreign marriages be recognized regardless of what Likatonian domestic policy is, thus saving much waste from paperwork submitted by new foreign applicants. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:32:26, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Marriage Bill |
| Message | The AAS can see where this idea COMES from, but we think it folly to allow our own internal policy to be set in this way, by outside sources. If, for example (and we realise we are being somewhat flippant), our neighbours in Keymon start allowing their citizens to marry their household pets or... furniture, the legislation suggested here, means that we would have to recognise man-goldfish, and woman-armchair unions as legal and legitimate. The AAS believes this kind of policy MUST be decided on an 'in-nation' basis. |
| Date | 10:38:47, December 05, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Marriage Bill |
| Message | I agree with AAS |
| Date | 00:47:11, December 11, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Marriage Bill |
| Message | The AAS was, unfortunately, unable to get a representative to the table to vote on this bill, which we consider to have 'passed', only in as much as we don't consider it to have had a TRUE vote, yet. The AAS shall address this problem, soon. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 151 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 121 |
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