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Bill: Racial Equality in Marriage Act
Details
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: November 3512
Description[?]:
| The State recognizes and affirms that all human beings are equal, and equal opportunities, rights and benefits must be made available to each individual. A union between individuals of different races shall not be discriminated against, and this union shall be subject to the same regulations imposed upon a marriage of individuals of the same race. The government shall not infringe on the rights of two consenting adults on actions that pose no threat to public welfare. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government recognition of interracial marriages (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning interracial marriage or civil unions.
Current: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
Proposed: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of interracial sex.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning interracial sex.
Current: Interracial sex is legal.
Proposed: Interracial sex is legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Sexual relations are only legal for procreation.
Current: Heterosexual relationships only are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:11:40, July 08, 2013 CET | From |  Gilde Mercantile Solentia | To | Debating the Racial Equality in Marriage Act |
| Message | We concur |
| Date | 12:02:17, July 08, 2013 CET | From | Arcturus | To | Debating the Racial Equality in Marriage Act |
| Message | Would anyone object to having this moved to a vote? |
| Date | 16:03:01, July 08, 2013 CET | From | Gilde Mercantile Solentia | To | Debating the Racial Equality in Marriage Act |
| Message | No we don't. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 238 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 187 |
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| Random quote: "One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas |