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Bill: Changing the National Anthem
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 3958
Description[?]:
| The national anthem has a mildly confusing set of lines in the third stanza, 4th line. We mean no disrespect to the author but would like to amend the song to better create pride in our country as well as ease of reading and performance. If you have problems with this legislation, please discuss. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The lyrics of the national anthem.
Old value:: United forever in friendship and labour, We marched onward to victory. Banded together in revolution, We freed Beluzia from her false citizens. We crushed inequality, Threshold of the Capitalists. We share our wealth and resources, The Assembly Providing for all. United forever in friendship and labour, We marched onward to victory. Looking towards the new dawn, remembering tyranny of old but rejecting the lust of old. Finally we are Free! We celebrate the blood of our forefathers, Those true nobles who signed the declaration, risking their lives so their grandchildren may be free.
Current:
| Land of the Free by the people, We pledge to thy liberty! No tyrants here linger, despots must flee. This tranquil haven of democracy, the blood of our sires which hallows the sod, brought freedom from slavery and oppressionists. By the might of truth, no longer shall we be hewers of wood. Arise! Sons, daughters of the united and democratic ancestors, put on your armor, clear the land! Drive back the tyrants, let despots flee -Land of the Free by the people! Nature has blessed us with wealth untold. Our mountains and valleys where prairies roll; our fathers, mothers, valiant and bold drove back the invader- those of tyranny. |
Proposed:
| United forever in friendship and labour, We marched onward to victory. Banded together in revolution, We freed Beluzia from her false citizens. We crushed inequality, Threshold of the Capitalists. We share our wealth and resources, The Assembly Providing for all. United forever in friendship and labour, We marched onward to victory. Looking towards the new dawn, remembering tyranny of old and rejecting the lust of ages to come. Finally we are Free! We celebrate the blood of our forefathers, Those true nobles who signed the declaration, risking their lives so their grandchildren may be free. |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:36:26, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the Changing the National Anthem |
| Message | A simple change in the 4th line of the third stanza to create an easier to read and perform national anthem. |
| Date | 01:53:59, December 24, 2015 CET | From | Party for Practical Progress | To | Debating the Changing the National Anthem |
| Message | Hopefully there is not much controversy over grammar. |
| Date | 19:54:16, December 25, 2015 CET | From | Bailonese Council Communist Party (BCCP) | To | Debating the Changing the National Anthem |
| Message | Our militia will work tirelessly to defend our local communities against grammar imperialists, to arms brothers to arms! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 590 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 160 |
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