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Bill: Programme for the Protection of the Freedom of Religion, 3674
Details
Submitted by[?]: União Democrática do Tukarali
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 3675
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Public blasphemy is considered a criminal offense.
Current: Public blasphemy is considered a criminal offense.
Proposed: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:12:07, June 02, 2014 CET | From | Partido do Centro | To | Debating the Programme for the Protection of the Freedom of Religion, 3674 |
| Message | While we do think that article 1 would require more prolonged discussion, being a fundamental change to the structure of the state, we are willing to support this bill, especially for the chilling effects on the freedom of speech that laws on blasphemy were having. |
| Date | 08:45:34, June 02, 2014 CET | From | Conservative People's Party | To | Debating the Programme for the Protection of the Freedom of Religion, 3674 |
| Message | "The CPP can't support in any case Article 1. History tells us that Tukarese people have always been Kanzo, and it whould remain the official state religion. For practical purpose there will be no changes in Tukarese lives, but the CPP strongly believes that we can't ignore our culture and removing Kanzo as the official state religion is an insult to Tukarese identity". Carlo Lendoiro, CPP spokesman of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 17:53:31, June 02, 2014 CET | From | União Democrática do Tukarali | To | Debating the Programme for the Protection of the Freedom of Religion, 3674 |
| Message | "The claim that the people of Tukarali have always been Kanzo is erroneous. In fact, Kanzo was originally a political religion invented in 3024 by the then-dictator Shuya Nakagawa. While it has moved away from these origins as a politcal cult and has truly become the religion of the majority of the Tukarese people, the elevation of the Kanzo religion to the position of state religion that the CPP and the DWP have pushed through with their small majorities has been a slap in the face of all members of other religions since, highlighting the amount of disrespect that the government parties have consistently shown towards the cultural and religious diversity of the Tukarese people and democratic pluralism." Valter Serafim, UDT/TDU spokesperson for Justice |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 61 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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