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Bill: Divorce Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National 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: April 3574
Description[?]:
| The lives of many of our citizens are rendered an absolute misery by our draconian divorce laws. Common sense and compassion dictates we should liberalise these restrictions. Aled Pritchard MP Leader of the Grand National Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:03:22, November 09, 2013 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Divorce Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This reform will essentially render marriages obsolete, once again. Marriage is not simply a formalization of love, it is an institution for those that produce children. If people want to change sex partners now and then, they don't have to marry at all. Roland Fahramar Tanist of the Good Peoples Movement |
| Date | 22:05:17, November 09, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Divorce Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Roland Fahrarmar is fully entitled to his own interpretation and understanding of the institution of marriage. In his case, I think, this is a religious understanding. What we are dealing with here though is the *civil* code. It is restrictive and cruel, in our judgement, to make it so difficult for people in broken relationships to obtain a legal divorce. Aled Pritchard Leader of the Grand National Party |
| Date | 04:00:39, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Provisional Government of Dranland | To | Debating the Divorce Reform Act |
| Message | Order! The Hon. gentleman will not address other Hon. members by name. Gwilym Owens MP Speaker of Parliament |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 121 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 142 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 75 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry." - Thomas Fuller |