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Bill: Child Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberal Party
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 2150
Description[?]:
| Whereas, "home schooling" is most definitely used as a means to hide child abuse-- the child abuse would be obvious if the child is sent to school, and Whereas, it can also be used to teach ridiculous beliefs that not even any private or religious school would teach, We hereby propose that all children must attend an actual school. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:24:27, December 02, 2005 CET | From |  Malfico Progressive Fascist Party | To | Debating the Child Protection Act |
| Message | Not a chance of us supporting this, may children flourish outside school. |
| Date | 12:07:46, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Child Protection Act |
| Message | And many are abused or taught weird notions. |
| Date | 12:43:28, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Action Française | To | Debating the Child Protection Act |
| Message | define weird notions? Such as socialism and liberalism perhaps? |
| Date | 12:58:28, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Malfico Progressive Fascist Party | To | Debating the Child Protection Act |
| Message | Weird notions, School is simply a place of indoctrination. People who study at home are often the most free minded, able to consider point of view contrary to the contemporary political millieu |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 185 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 431 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 133 |
| Random fact: When your party holds the foreign affairs department, you can create new treaties. However, before writing anything new, it is a good idea to search for existing treaties which already accomplish what you desire. |
| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |