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Bill: Freedom of Religious Conscience Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Linkspartei
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 3250
Description[?]:
| We feel that it is our duty, as a secular society, to allow people to choose their own religious convictions or lack thereof. The state should not promote or stigmatize any religious conviction through its legislation as long as church and state are still completely severed from one another. We feel that the current legislation is too radical and anti-intellectual in this respect. People should be free to reason with one another in order to enlighten themselves and reflect upon their beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: Any form of religion is banned.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:21:34, January 26, 2012 CET | From | Linkspartei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religious Conscience Act |
| Message | We support this act, and we hope to achieve a more secular and rational legislation in proposing this act. Hermann Reisacher Parteivorsitzender der Linkspartei |
| Date | 23:45:59, January 27, 2012 CET | From | Konservative Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Religious Conscience Act |
| Message | We think it's unfortunate that religious organisations are prevented under this legislation from making use of the public sphere to promote their ideas and engage in a public dialogue about faith. However, we think the legislation is at least a step in the right direction and will support it. - Ksenia Shundrovskaya, culture spokesperson for the Konservative Partei. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 186 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 223 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 91 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "I say myself that I am beautiful, and I think that all woman strive to look like me.“ - Melissa Hargreaves, former Dranian politician |