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Bill: Legalise Matchmaking
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vrné Eslam (Green Theocracy)
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: February 3653
Description[?]:
| The current laws on arranged marriages make all sorts of matchmaking effectively illegal. This law seeks to change that so that people can help their friends and family find a husband or wife without being sent to jail for doing so. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forced marriages.
Old value:: Forced marriages are illegal.
Current: The legality of forced marriages lies with local governments.
Proposed: Forced marriages are legal and binding.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:39:07, April 16, 2014 CET | From |  Zemojad Prta (Labour Party) | To | Debating the Legalise Matchmaking |
| Message | Председатель да Круз недовольна этой обратной законодательством и сделает все, что в его силах, чтобы убедиться, что он не проходит. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 320 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 288 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Because democracy is not a spectator sport." - 2004 Democratic campaign slogan |