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Bill: Religious Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Monarchist Alliance
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 3728
Description[?]:
| This Act, whilst continuing to recognise Lodamese Nationalism as the state religion, rescinds all legislative acts discriminating against other religions and ends the persecution of Hosians and other religious groups in Lodamun. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Both private and public blasphemy are considered grave offenses, and are heavily prosecuted.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: Religious doctrine determines the death penalty.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:21:21, September 14, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, No other religions deserve to exist. Their members should all be executed. -- Gordon Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG |
| Date | 14:15:43, September 14, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I hope Lodamun has moved on from the attitude just expressed by Gordon Fertig. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
| Date | 18:03:19, September 14, 2014 CET | From | Lodamun Libertarians | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker- We welcome this piece of legislation as a step toward achieving the civil liberties every citizen deserves. We believe all of these measures should be taken. We further appreciate Article 7 and similar steps being taken to get the power to make some of these decisions back to the local level. Martin Croix Chief of the Lodamun Libertarians |
| Date | 23:06:04, September 14, 2014 CET | From | People of Freedom (P.F) | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mt. Speaker. Our party platform has some issues with certain parts of the bill. Regarding registering race etc. The government uses this for census purposes. However we will vote yes anyway. Considering the conservatives in our party have agreed with death penalty standing for capitol crimes. Etc. This will better our a line our justice system. Phillipa Corazona LDP Leader and National Spokesperson |
| Date | 23:38:30, September 14, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Monarchist Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, On behalf of myself, my party and millions upon millions of Lodamese citizens, I want to express my enormous gratitude to the members of the Presidium who have proven themselves brave and forward-looking enough to vote to finally remove the oppressive religious laws this country has been burdened with for far, far too long. History is being made here tonight. Anton Rietveld Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Alliance |
| Date | 09:16:02, September 15, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we must protest! Clothilde Dewitte LNC spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 457 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 142 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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