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Bill: Religion Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judean People's 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: February 2174
Description[?]:
| Establishing Judaism as the religion of our people |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:08:13, January 20, 2006 CET | From | National Farmers' Party | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | This might be a Jewish state, but that doesn't mean it needs to be a theocracy. ;-) |
| Date | 13:27:09, January 20, 2006 CET | From | United Beiteynu Party | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | NFP is right |
| Date | 15:34:57, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | well, then I am establishing my party platform... |
| Date | 16:14:05, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | we are all jews here, might as well do something good for all of us. |
| Date | 16:14:30, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | I mean, if religion were mandated in america, I might go to temple a little more. shalom! |
| Date | 20:58:04, January 20, 2006 CET | From | Jewish Right Progressive Party | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | First a pro-capitalism bill, and then this. o_0 I vote no, although I have no seats. I have no doubts that if passed this will be repealed by a later bill, when most of us do have seats. |
| Date | 01:45:47, January 21, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | excellent.... (twiddles thumbs and smiles in anticipation) |
| Date | 03:45:32, January 21, 2006 CET | From | United Beiteynu Party | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | "when most of us do have seats." Uhh, we have to share power with socialists... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 23 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 58 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |