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Bill: Glavic Act 1
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Alliance
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: November 3533
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:39:51, August 20, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Glavic Act 1 |
| Message | To The Distinguished Members of the Parliament: (1) This bill will INFRINGE on the INDIVIDUAL Rutanian People's RELIGIOUS FREEDOM if they choose to associate in a religion that is NOT supported by the so-called "majority" (or MOB-rule). (2) This bill will indirectly RESULT in a THEOCRATIC government that endorses the GOVERNMENT'S religious preference even if the MAJORITY of the people does NOT agree with the "GOVERNMENT's religion." For example, if the MAJORITY of the PEOPLE are REFORM JEWS, then a [Rutanian] CATHOLIC Administration can only RECOGNIZE the Catholic Church of Rutania instead of the JEWISH Synagogue. Such a bill would be potentially ANTI-semitic. (3) If Rutania is PRIMARILY Athiest as the Madame Prime Minister suggests, then WHY would they want THEIR government to recognize ANY religion whether it is Hosianism, Ahmadism, Yeudism, or WHATEVER??? (4) "Religious institutions that use GOVERNMENT POWER in support of themselves and FORCE their views on persons of other faiths, or of NO FAITH, undermine ALL our civil rights. Moreover, STATE SUPPORT of an ESTABLISHED RELIGION--[Hosianism, etc.]--tends to make the clergy UNRESPONSIVE to their own people, and leads to CORRUPTION within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely ESSENTIAL in a FREE society.” ―Anonymous POPULIST LIBERTARIAN-- --The Capitalist WORKING FAMILIES Party Spokesman OOC: For those that were INTERESTED in "unmasking" the "Anonymous Populist," just send me a private message. |
| Date | 15:29:58, August 20, 2013 CET | From | Sunbeam Squad | To | Debating the Glavic Act 1 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While the SS is opposed to cults, we do not believe in persecuting anyone because of what they believe. A. Granger, PM |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 112 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 375 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 68 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example." - Niccolo Machiavelli |