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Bill: Recognition of Polygamy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feministas Verdes
Status[?]: passed
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 3643
Description[?]:
| This act proposes a change in the nation's current policy to recognise polygamous marriages as equal to monogamous marriages, awarding the citizens of Beluzia who identify as polyamarous and which to enter into polygamous marriages |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:32:12, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Recognition of Polygamy Act |
| Message | We see no reason not to support this bill. |
| Date | 09:42:34, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Feministas Verdes | To | Debating the Recognition of Polygamy Act |
| Message | OOC: No idea what happened to the description. It should read: 'This act proposes a change in the nation's current policy to recognise polygamous marriages as equal to monogamous marriages, awarding equal rights to the citizens of Beluzia who identify as polyamarous and wish to enter into polygamous marriages.' |
| Date | 12:35:27, March 28, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Recognition of Polygamy Act |
| Message | We cannot support a bill that is so harmful to children and promotes promiscuity. |
| Date | 09:04:14, March 29, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Syndicalist Party | To | Debating the Recognition of Polygamy Act |
| Message | We'd have imagined that promiscuity was good for children in that it tends to cause more of them |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 573 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." - Aristotle |