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Bill: Anti-cult act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: September 3575
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, Cults are a threat to all of Dranish society, especially those least among us. We need to start regulating the religious establishments and tell good religion apart from bad religion. Rikissa Vildestig GPM Ecclesiastics Spokeswoman |
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.
Article 2
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 determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:46:11, November 11, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Anti-cult act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We share Rikissa Vildestig's concern about certain excesses within some religious communities, but the legislation he is proposing represents a gross and unjustified intrusion into the private lives of our citizens. After all, the cult of the state is at least as harmful as most of the religious cults I am familiar with. Leon LeCoultre GNP spokesperson |
| Date | 03:58:54, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Provisional Government of Dranland | To | Debating the Anti-cult act |
| Message | Order! The Hon. gentleman will not address other Hon. members by name. Gwilym Owens MP Speaker of Parliament |
| Date | 03:59:14, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Provisional Government of Dranland | To | Debating the Anti-cult act |
| Message | OOC: Don't think that I'm not watching, Aquinas. ;) |
| Date | 21:29:44, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Anti-cult act |
| Message | OOC: You are such a stickler for protocol :P |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 144 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 255 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: “Can anyone imagine a more perverse idea than forcing faithful Hosians like me to give away my money to enable irresponsible teenage girls to kill off their children because they were too drunk to use a damn condom?" - Dr. Francesca dos Santos, former Dranian politician |