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Bill: Religious Schools Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonian Reform Party
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 3844
Description[?]:
| A bill to abolish religious schools in Telamon. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:43:35, May 10, 2015 CET | From | Telamonian Reform Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | We should not accept the segregation of our children on the basis of religion at school age. Such segregation can only breed intolerance and a lack of understanding between members of different faiths. |
| Date | 16:49:46, May 10, 2015 CET | From | National Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | There will be no "segregation." Segregation is forced, and no one will be forced into religious schools. Banning them altogether is an unacceptable infringement on freedom of worship and freedom of speech. What's next? Will having our people be able to choose their faiths only breed intolerance? Should all religion be banished from Telamon? Many religions have proud histories as excellent teachers of moderation. We cannot accept this imposition on the rights of , parents, teachers, and believers of all faiths. |
| Date | 17:00:31, May 10, 2015 CET | From | Telamonian Reform Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Segregation is forced on children by their parents. The TRP believe that religion has an important role to play in our society but that role is not in the education system. |
| Date | 17:06:15, May 10, 2015 CET | From | National Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | The NRP secularized the government to the greatest degree in Telamon's history, but we believe that religious schools have the right to exist. If children do not wish to attend the schools that their parents have chosen for them, then that is a family squabble and not the place for government intervention. We cannot try to (and this government does not wish to) interfere with the private lives of our citizens to this degree. If there is abuse, then we will step in, but this is hardly the cause for the abolition of all religious schooling. |
| Date | 17:09:23, May 10, 2015 CET | From | Telamonian Reform Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Would the NRP at least propose some degree of regulation on religious schools? At the moment there is no protection from abuse because they have refused to regulate those schools at all. |
| Date | 17:10:56, May 10, 2015 CET | From | National Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | We will propose an act calling for the regulation of religious schools. This seems to be a fair compromise between religious liberty and the need for a balanced education. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 500 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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