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Bill: National Anthem in Schools
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand Republican 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: March 2173
Description[?]:
The Grand Republican Party believes that allowing pupils in the school system to sing the national anthem (Especially now we have one) at special occassions like national days, would improve moral and increase pride in our country in the pupils, whilst not forcing them to sing it every day.
Addendum: Pupils not wishing to sing the national anthem at these events may opt out without punishment |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:03:07, January 11, 2006 CET |
From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | OOC: Thats what the addendum is there for. Worked perfectly fine the last time I passed this - most accepted the addendum. Thats what they're there for, to allow for flexibility. |
| Date | 02:59:36, January 11, 2006 CET |
From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | OOC: you can make this a resolution, i.e. without the proposal.
"Children are never made to sing the national anthem." does not contradict with *suggesting* the anthem be sung but not forcing kids. I'd vote for that too. |
| Date | 09:36:17, January 11, 2006 CET |
From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | OOC: I fail to see how that contradicts. They are made to sing on special occassions, but those who say they don't want to, can opt out. I fail to see the contradiction there. |
| Date | 14:35:58, January 11, 2006 CET |
From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | OOC: "made to sing" means obligation. Explicitly. And it is coded that way too, making children sing the anthem is in all likelyhood anti-CR and isolationalist. I.e. something nationalists and conservatives like. |
| Date | 01:23:05, January 12, 2006 CET |
From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | OOC; The hardcoded legislation can be 'bent' to our needs. I refer you to your religious taxation bill, in which you add onto the hardcoded option for religious taxation, for an example. |
| Date | 21:05:42, January 17, 2006 CET |
From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the National Anthem in Schools | | Message | As is saying you believe in free speech when you support incitement to hated laws. We thought the RSDP would support this due to their lack of regard for any logic or sense. |
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| Vote |
Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 224 |
| no | Total Seats: 309 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 66 |
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