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Bill: The Adelia Religious Union's Platform on Religious Reformation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Adelia Religious Union
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: September 3858
Description[?]:
| After Fifty-Five years of forced silence under the tyranny of unwarranted perceptions, the People of Adelia would like to once again bring our nation's religious views back into the light. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Only divorces that comply with religious doctrine are legal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on sexual relations.
Old value:: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Current: Sexual relations of all types are legal for consenting adults.
Proposed: Sexual relation laws are set by local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: Local governments decide on penalties for blasphemy.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:12:40, June 08, 2015 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the The Adelia Religious Union's Platform on Religious Reformation |
| Message | Madam Speaker, While we could support articles two and six the Federalist party is either ambivalent on the matter or outright against the rest of the proposals. For instance why should governments have any say in the appointment of ministers is that not an issue to be dealt with by the individual institutions? And unwarranted tyranny? The Federalist party has been a staunch support of the freedom of religion and had been in power for half of the past fifty years. I yield. |
| Date | 15:15:27, June 08, 2015 CET | From | Adelia Religious Union | To | Debating the The Adelia Religious Union's Platform on Religious Reformation |
| Message | Madam Speaker, The point of articles 2-6 is to allow for the foundation of explicitly religious communities within our fair nation. As it stands right now, we cannot raise our kin as we would like, since there can be no explicit reward or benefit for it, and since rewards in the next life start in this one, it is vital for our moral health that we be able to connect moral and physical rewards in a very real way. I yield. |
| Date | 17:29:17, June 08, 2015 CET | From | Federal Heritage Party of Hutori | To | Debating the The Adelia Religious Union's Platform on Religious Reformation |
| Message | Madam Speaker, I would like to apologize for our lack of specificity we in fact agree with the ARU on articles 2 and 6. It is the rest that we find troublesome for instance the ARU wishes to make divorce illegal yet it is a practice that their branch of Hosianism has no qualms with. As for article 3 we belive that the appointment of ministers is a religious affair and the government should not involve it's self in such affairs. To protect the rights of those who aren't religous and to defend freedom of speech we oppose article 5. I yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 98 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 437 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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