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Bill: Human Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democrats
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: February 3815
Description[?]:
| To improve human rights |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Proposed: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Divorces are only legal with mutual consent.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:37:48, March 12, 2015 CET | From | National Republican Party | To | Debating the Human Rights Act |
| Message | The last article is a blatant violation of human rights - trapping a partner is marriage they wish to dissolve. |
| Date | 11:15:24, March 13, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Democrats | To | Debating the Human Rights Act |
| Message | When both agree it's best to determinate the marriage, it's no violation of human rights |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no | Total Seats: 75 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| 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: "The answer to global warming is in the abolition of private property and production for human need. A socialist world would place an enormous priority on alternative energy sources. This is what ecologically-minded socialists have been exploring for quite some time now." - Louis Proyect |