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Bill: National Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: MLTP (The Resistance)
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: April 2049
Description[?]:
| It is the right of any two citizens to apply for marriage. Therefore, marriage cannot be handled by local governments. The National Marriage Act allows any two consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:28:20, May 07, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the National Marriage Act |
| Message | Allowing civil rights to fall into the hands of local governments is a bad Idea. There should be a uniform law, and it should be enforced by the federal government. |
| Date | 01:57:07, May 08, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the National Marriage Act |
| Message | Good idea. You have our support. |
| Date | 05:06:38, May 08, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the National Marriage Act |
| Message | Is there any objection to this bill? If not, I will move it to vote. |
| Date | 12:49:25, May 08, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the National Marriage Act |
| Message | There is no reason why either central or local government should interfere with relations between two people. However, whatever customs apply locally should be handled locally. We will vote against this. |
| Date | 09:05:54, May 09, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the National Marriage Act |
| Message | On closer study of the actual proposal rather than the supporting arguments, we're now happy that this bill increases the rights of indivduals. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 59 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 29 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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