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Bill: Gendering of Beluzia's National Anthem
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feministas Verdes
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 3643
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes a removal of the unnecessarily gendered language in Beluzia's national anthem. Gendered language such as this is highly exclusionary. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: United forever in friendship and labour, Our mighty shires will ever endure. The Land of Beluzia will live through the ages. The dream of a people their fortress secure. Long live Beluzia, our great motherland, Built by the people's mighty hand. Long live our people, united and free, Let the Sun bow to our flag, for all to see. We fought for our land, we scared the invaders, And refused to bring home any form of shame. Our glory will live in the memory of nations And all of Terra will honour her name. Long live Beluzia, our great motherland, Built by the people's mighty hand. Long live our people, united and free, Let the Sun bow to our flag, for all to see.
Current:
| Land of the Free by the people, We pledge to thy liberty! No tyrants here linger, despots must flee. This tranquil haven of democracy, the blood of our sires which hallows the sod, brought freedom from slavery and oppressionists. By the might of truth, no longer shall we be hewers of wood. Arise! Sons, daughters of the united and democratic ancestors, put on your armor, clear the land! Drive back the tyrants, let despots flee -Land of the Free by the people! Nature has blessed us with wealth untold. Our mountains and valleys where prairies roll; our fathers, mothers, valiant and bold drove back the invader- those of tyranny. |
Proposed:
| United forever in friendship and labour, Our mighty shires will ever endure. The Land of Beluzia will live through the ages. The dream of a people their fortress secure. Long live Beluzia, our great homeland, Built by the people's mighty hand. Long live our people, united and free, Let the Sun bow to our flag, for all to see. We fought for our land, we scared the invaders, And refused to bring home any form of shame. Our glory will live in the memory of nations And all of Terra will honour its name. Long live Beluzia, our great homeland, Built by the people's mighty hand. Long live our people, united and free, Let the Sun bow to our flag, for all to see. |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:27, March 27, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Gendering of Beluzia's National Anthem |
| Message | "Motherland" is a long-established term for our nation, reflecting our people's warmly and sincerely felt sense of nationhood within Beluzia. It is one which invokes lineage and familial loyalty. To strike the term from our anthem would be to blindly ignore reality in pursuit of bland homogeneity without benefit. That said, something about out anthem has always stuck us as being slightly... foreign. We'd be open to a commission to draft a completely new anthem, one that is acceptable to all sectors of our modern society. |
| Date | 00:00:25, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Feministas Verdes | To | Debating the Gendering of Beluzia's National Anthem |
| Message | We would also be enthusiastically open to the commissioning of a new anthem, but are disappointed that the issues we have highlighted could not be resolved in the interim. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 578 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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