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Bill: Religious Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Justice, Development and Freedom
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: January 3517
Description[?]:
| Justice, Development and Freedom presents a more moderate version of prior religious proposals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:01:30, July 17, 2013 CET | From | The Al'Badaran Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Bill |
| Message | On balance, we will support this bill. Whilst we are not particularly keen on article 1, we feel that the government shouldn't say yes or no to missionaries we certainly applaud scrapping tax and encouraging local autonomy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 743 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 7 |
| 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: "Most politicians hold their fingers to the wind, and if we win we'll be showing them a lot of wind." - Ralph Nader |