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Bill: Moral Centering Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Purity Union
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: January 3529
Description[?]:
| A bill that helps re-establish Rutania's moral center. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal but not considered murder.
Article 3
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 not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Current: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Proposed: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Current: Only charter schools are given government funding.
Proposed: Government funding for private schools applies only to charter and religious schools.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Proposed: Nudity on television is banned.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Legality of stem cell research
Old value:: All stem cell research is legal.
Current: All stem cell research is legal.
Proposed: Only stem cell research with adult stem cells is legal, stem cell research with embryonic or fetal stem cells is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:43:58, August 09, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Union | To | Debating the Moral Centering Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, 1. Abortion: OPPOSED to reduce the abortion term. 2. Euthanasia: Strongly SUPPORT; we must stop this legal murder. 3. Foreign missionaries: OPPOSED because it hurts our Religious Freedom. 4. Health Care: Strongly SUPPORT, and we can use the huge surplus that we have to build the National Public Health System. 5. Military Stance on Homosexuality: OPPOSED; it's not a bad thing to be homosexual, and nobody should hide it. 6. Military Service: Strongly OPPOSED 7. Government funding for private schools: Strongly OPPOSED 8. Sex in TV: OPPOSED to this change. 9. Religions: Strongly OPPOSED 10. Stem cell research: Strongly OPPOSED Kiley Donovan, Leader of the Opposition |
| Date | 16:56:09, August 09, 2013 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Moral Centering Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The UPR will not allow the creation of any "National Public Health System". The Private sector has served Rutania right for hundreds of years and now is not the time to change that. Marta Wilson UPR Congressional Leader |
| Date | 00:59:15, August 10, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Moral Centering Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, (1) STRONGLY support "don't ask, don't tell" (2) STRONGLY opposed; MANDATORY civilian service constitutes as SLAVERY on citizens; (3) Support; (4) STRONGLY support; (5) STRONGLY opposed; (6) ok (7) STRONGLY opposed; sex scenes in movies and TV are a PROTECTED form of FREE [Commerical] SPEECH!!! (8) STRONGLY support; (9) STRONGLY opposed; we cannot DISCRIMINATE against religious missionaries; (10) STRONGLY opposed; we cannot DISCRIMINATE against religious minorities; Overall, we CANNOT support this bill!!! --CWFP Spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 71 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 484 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country." - Maximilien Robespierre |