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Bill: HSP Blasphemy measures
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hosian Socialist 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: May 3870
Description[?]:
| Blasphemy is unregulated, but seeing as how we are a Holy Empire and that most of our subjects are religious, we believe that the local governments can decide best for themselves on how to handle Blasphemy. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:23:25, July 01, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the HSP Blasphemy measures |
| Message | An absolutely ridiculous proposal, despite a lot of the nation being religious, we must not force views upon other people, freedom of speech is key. |
| Date | 16:26:04, July 01, 2015 CET | From | Hosian Socialist Party | To | Debating the HSP Blasphemy measures |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We support freedom of speech, but we believe that there are limits on speech as well. Thus we suggest that localities decide this limit. I yield. |
| Date | 11:27:13, July 02, 2015 CET | From | Choice | To | Debating the HSP Blasphemy measures |
| Message | Limits on freedom of speech means it is no longer freedom of speech. |
| Date | 14:35:34, July 02, 2015 CET | From | Hosian Socialist Party | To | Debating the HSP Blasphemy measures |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, What a clever rebuttal! At least it would if it wasn't so incorrect. We limit speech in this nation already, we have laws against slander and libel! And of course, there is the quintessential example, you cannot shout fire in a theater that is not burning. I yield |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 160 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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