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Bill: Polygamy and Guns Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Beluzian Movement
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: June 3640
Description[?]:
| The Current government legislation towards polygamy are both outdated and nonsensical, and should updated to keep us inline with the rest of the 37th century. As such, the new movement proposes that Beluzia: - Allows consenting groups to enter polygamous relationships - Allows personal possession of firearms, to be displayed publicly, to allow individuals to work out new complexity of relationships in exciting new ways. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Current: People must first obtain a permit in order to carry concealed weapons.
Proposed: Where weapons are carried, this must be done openly.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to polygamy.
Old value:: The government does not recognise polygamous relationships and prosecute those who pursue a polygamous lifestyle.
Current: The government does not recognise polygamous relationships.
Proposed: Polygamous marriages are accorded equal recognition to monogamous marriages.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Current: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Proposed: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:26:06, March 22, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Polygamy and Guns Bill |
| Message | Polyamorous filth will poison and corrupt our youth. We cannot support this bill. |
| Date | 12:05:07, March 22, 2014 CET | From | New Beluzian Movement | To | Debating the Polygamy and Guns Bill |
| Message | Such freedoms you purport. We offer you death, and sex, the 'freedom' party offers you neither. |
| Date | 14:17:23, March 22, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Polygamy and Guns Bill |
| Message | Cautiously we support this bill. Despite our cross-party reservations about each of the articles, we have to trust our citizens to know what's best for themselves. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 135 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 256 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 244 |
| Random fact: Real-life quotations may be used in Particracy, but the real-life speaker or author should always be referenced in an OOC (out-of-character) note alongside the quotation. |
| Random quote: "What luck for the rulers that men do not think." - Adolf Hitler |