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Bill: Equality in Beluzia Bill
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: August 3644
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes a number of changes to current Beluzian policies that promote inequality and discrimination against minorities within Beluzian territory. It is time that Beluzia becomes the land of equality that it purports to be. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The terms of extradition.
Old value:: Extradition to nations that practice cruel or inhumane treatment of suspects or in punishment is not allowed.
Current: Extradition to nations with capital punishment is not allowed, unless there are assurances that the death penalty will not be imposed.
Proposed: Extradition to nations with capital punishment or with cruel or inhumane treatment of suspects and convicts is not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:03:16, March 30, 2014 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Equality in Beluzia Bill |
| Message | We cannot supporting such a grotesque bill that upsets the natural order of society and the family. |
| Date | 21:10:15, March 31, 2014 CET | From | Beluzian Jamahiriya Revival | To | Debating the Equality in Beluzia Bill |
| Message | The Party for the Socialist Jamahiriya is unable to support the legalisation of prostitution. As a strongly anti-work party, on the basis that selling one's labour is an abhorent form of exploitation, we simply cannot support the legalisation of the selling of one's own body; the essence of one's being. If this article were removed, however, we would be happy to vote in favour. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 514 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 236 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocol bills must provide a real-life equivalent or short description for the ethnic groups, languages and religions contained in them, such that it would be easy for an unfamiliar player to understand (e.g. "Dundorfian = German"). Where appropriate, they should also provide guidance to players on where to find help with translations and character names. This might include, for example, links to Google Translate, Behind the Name's Random Name Generator and Fantasy Name Generators. |
| Random quote: "I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be." - M.M. Coady |