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Bill: School Prayer Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: October 3353
Description[?]:
| Whereas Mordusia is a culturally diverse nation with no state religion, Whereas the presence of a prayer service in a public classroom may alienate students, teachers, or parents, Whereas Mordusia is a nation in which citizens have the right to enroll their children in religious schools of all religion, Thereby resolved by this Act that educators may not lead students in prayer in state (non-religious) schools. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:41:25, August 21, 2012 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the School Prayer Act |
| Message | The school system in the Free Republic is private. The Liberal Party thus believes forcing any school not registered as a religious school to forbid prayers is an act against the freedom of expression and belief. |
| Date | 14:42:06, August 21, 2012 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the School Prayer Act |
| Message | *partly private, that is. |
| Date | 21:30:57, August 21, 2012 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the School Prayer Act |
| Message | If the schooling system in the Free Republic was fully private The Freedom Party would agree... But that is not the case. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 229 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 521 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "Political correctness is just tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston |