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Bill: Right to Choice on School Prayer
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aloria Green Socialist Party
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 2054
Description[?]:
| Schools should be given the right to choose whether they hold prayer services or not, as long as pupils are given the right to choose whether to take part. |
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.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:10:39, May 18, 2005 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Yes, more stuff in my bill taken by others. Good. |
| Date | 18:06:05, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Ah- I'd not remembered that... So much for me being thorough... |
| Date | 18:11:43, May 18, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | religion should not take any part in schools as children are not old enough to say what they believe about them. |
| Date | 18:17:37, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | But parents have more of a right to choose what is best for their children than governments. If they want religion to play a part in a child's schooling, then this option should be available to them. |
| Date | 18:21:53, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Alorian Communist Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | And I suppose you will introduce exams and homework sessions in church? Religion should not be part of the schoolplace, if a person wants to pray there are numerous churches, mosques, temples or sacred Indian burial grounds to attend! I see no reason for prayertime in schools, and especially with 'teacher-led' prayers - this is too open to manipulation. |
| Date | 18:28:15, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Would you say that sports and other extra-curricular activities should be banned? School age is a time where kids can learn about what they want to do and be: if this involves prayer, then I don't see why the govenment should intervene. I wouldn't force it on anyone, just give parents, schools & children a choice. |
| Date | 19:18:13, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Very libertarian, leave it to citizens to decide. You got my vote. |
| Date | 20:02:42, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | And mine too. |
| Date | 23:06:10, May 18, 2005 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Hmm.. I'm definitely a bit of a closet libertarian... |
| Date | 01:47:46, May 19, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | I must agree with Marxians here. We cannot have freedom of religion with having schools be able to enforce their religion on others. |
| Date | 14:40:14, May 19, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Right to Choice on School Prayer |
| Message | Actually, you can always choose different school, so what's the big deal about religion? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 164 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 6 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
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