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Bill: A Call to Prayer and a Resolution to Restore the Faith
Details
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: June 3819
Description[?]:
| This resolution in Parliament declares the Faith of our fathers and of our Republic; Hosianism, to be the official State religion of the Republic of Solentia and asks for a national call-to-prayer by passing a resolution to encourage prayer in our schools. SEC. I Article 1 removes all regulation and restriction on prayer in school and encourages schools to practice prayer daily SEC. II 1) Article 2 officially declares; i) Hosianism; and all denominations of thereof, as the official faith of the Republic of Solentia, ii) Xzarin Catholicism and Theognosianism as the two national faiths of the State of Solentia and establishes a national church for each, iii0 membership to any church and personal beliefs concerning spirituality is not restricted by this act. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers are mandatory in schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 300 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 37 |
| 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: Time and again, the police prove themselves to be the Class Enemy, an armed mob used to oppress the masses and maintain the wealthy in their privileges. ~Friedrich Pfeiffer, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |