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Bill: Religious Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: GotNation 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: November 2173
Description[?]:
| Religious freedom should not be a cart blanche. - Churches are businesses and should be treated as such - If we allow prayer in school we might as well allow corporate sponsoring |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:15:49, January 18, 2006 CET | From |  Pontesi Fascist Coalition | To | Debating the Religious Reform |
| Message | Article 1 is good, but not the other two. |
| Date | 00:35:30, January 18, 2006 CET | From | GotNation Party | To | Debating the Religious Reform |
| Message | Actually, I could see losing article 1, the other two 2-3 are important secularization. |
| Date | 01:05:16, January 18, 2006 CET | From | THEM | To | Debating the Religious Reform |
| Message | I will gladly strike down this pagan bill. The Terran Catholic Church is an integral part of the community and will not be treated as your little plaything to tax and marginalize however you see fit. |
| Date | 01:59:29, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Pontesi Fascist Coalition | To | Debating the Religious Reform |
| Message | word |
| Date | 01:27:00, January 19, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the Religious Reform |
| Message | Article 1 does not meet Kurui approval as it is almost bordering on limiting free speech. Article 2 is beyond fine, but prayer should not be condemned as people have a right to choose and practice a religion - we certainly shouldn't encourage them, agreed, but the government should really back out of it anyway. Secularism is the separation of church and state, not the condemnation of the church by the state. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 278 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 21 |
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