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Bill: School Prayer Act of 2165
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti Citron de Rildanor
Status[?]: defeated
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 2166
Description[?]:
| Once again, the state religon arguement. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:54:36, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | Absolutely not. It sends a definite signal of intolerance to those without a chosen religion. And our party says this as devoted Christains. |
| Date | 05:03:44, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | I'm leaning to either side, and thus am in the middle. Prayer sounds good, but so does the LPP have a point. For now I am going to abstain. |
| Date | 19:06:41, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | Years ago I had a dinner-lady fired for forcing me to 'pray.' This policy is racist and anti-athiest. |
| Date | 19:08:40, January 04, 2006 CET | From |  Parti Citron de Rildanor | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | Encouraging is different from forcing. And it's not racist as religion transcends race. Unless you considered "Catholic" a race. |
| Date | 02:54:13, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | Even when you encourage you send a definite message to those children who do not believe that they are missing out and different from the rest of their peers. At a young age children can be cruel and they jump on differences to pick on the minorities. Besides being intolerant, this can also lead to a dissillusionment with religion early on by many as some sort of bully cult. Because we stand for tolerance and also don't want to see any more dissatisfaction with religion we urge all to oppose. What would Jesus do? I have a hard time believing he would have made people feel uncomfortable by asking nonbelievers to bow their heads in prayer. A moment of silence is the optimal choice, allowing students time to reflect, and if they want, pray silently. Prayer is supposed to be a private thing anyway. But publicly lead prayer in school is wrong. |
| Date | 02:54:36, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | And it's definitely not racism. Everything bad isn't racist. |
| Date | 02:56:17, January 05, 2006 CET | From | Parti Citron de Rildanor | To | Debating the School Prayer Act of 2165 |
| Message | I'm not necessarily trying to pass this, it's just to keep my religion visibility up. We share the same views on the WWJD. And thanks for the backup on it not being racism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 35 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 55 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
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