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Bill: Adjusted Secular Society Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Progressive Alliance
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: December 3868
Description[?]:
| M. Speaker, Based on the results and feedback on this bill; http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=440524, we have decided to omit the proposal banning all religions. This will ensure that Lodamese Nationalism can still be practiced if one chooses to do so. Christine Malone Spokesperson for Education and Culture Eastern-Central Alliance |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 3
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: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:09:40, June 28, 2015 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Adjusted Secular Society Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This does not "ensure that Lodamese Nationalism can still be practiced if one chooses to do so" at all. The ECA completely ignored the things we said, and continue to deliberately refuse to understand Lodamese Nationalism. Lodamese Nationalism is not something that an individual practises; it is a religion that is about the state. Separating the state from Lodamese Nationalism causes it to cease to exist. By not banning all religions, and by having the state not get involved in religion, the ECA is proposing a bill that will harm Lodamese Nationalism more than it would harm Hosianism or other religions. -- Trevor Fertig, Chairman of the GNRG, Vice President of GDR Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 17 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 582 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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