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Bill: True Path Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Fascist Front
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: January 2172
Description[?]:
| There has been a change in the nation. A change, an awakening, a stirring of the concience. Now is the time for us to realise where this mood is taking us. Absalom ben Adamah has asked the senate to consider the following. |
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 determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Current: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Proposed: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: Slavery and the slave trade is allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:20:48, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | Slavery in what form? How would one become a slave? We need explanations, not just a policy. |
| Date | 02:35:48, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | We thank the CP for giving us the chance to define Slave history. Slave labour will be part of our re-educaion campaign. Slave labour will be used for capital works and other major projects. Slaves will be identified by the non-belief of the core ideals of the Tears of Termani. Allocations of slaves will be made via a administration consisting of Termani notables to decide the fate of non beleivers. This pool of cheap labour will be able to be used for a variety of other uses as seen fit by the state. |
| Date | 04:20:29, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | The AAS expresses some small doubts about the sanity of Absalom ben Adamah. Arkham Konstatinos has been recorded as asking other party members if, perhaps, they had heard any stories that might confirm his idea that ben Adamah has fallen on his head, recently. |
| Date | 07:23:54, January 14, 2006 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | We love Article 1. Why have you destroyed this legislation with further articles? |
| Date | 10:25:58, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | 2 3 and 4 are a bit too unacceptable. |
| Date | 20:37:57, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | Response to the JLP: If it is of any help, the AAS intends to introduce article 1, seaprately, themselves. |
| Date | 22:03:57, January 14, 2006 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | Thanks, AAS. We will be glad to support your legislation. |
| Date | 01:20:18, January 15, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the True Path Bill |
| Message | We thank so many parties for supporting slavery legislation. TOTAL feel it will only be a matter of time before we pass this legislation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 182 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 258 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 60 |
| Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
| Random quote: "The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems, the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behaviour and religion." - John Maynard Keynes |