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Bill: Likatonia's Pride and Joy
Details
Submitted by[?]: JLP Liberation Militia
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: July 2176
Description[?]:
Friends, Likatonians, Countrymen (and women), lend us your ears. The pride and joy of Likatonian history and culture is our wonderful religion, The Sacred Order of the Tears of Termani. It should be our state religion. It is our responsibility as proud and honorable Likatonians to preserve and promote our heritage. We submit this proposal to you, fellow Likatonians, and ask your support to keep Likatonian Heritage strong and healthy. The Sacred Order of the Tears of Termani will be the state church. All other religions will be banned. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
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 2
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
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 | 03:26:52, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Likatonia's Pride and Joy |
Message | Keep religion the hell out of politics! This isn't a theocracy! |
Date | 04:34:20, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Likatonia's Pride and Joy |
Message | Response to Axis Mundi SLP: It might be, if certain parties get their way..... |
Date | 09:13:59, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Likatonia's Pride and Joy |
Message | We make no secret of our party wishing to make Likatonia a Fundamentalist religious state, we even state it in our manifesto. Total TOTAL support. |
Date | 21:23:06, January 25, 2006 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the Likatonia's Pride and Joy |
Message | AMSLP - you are right. Likatonia is not a theocracy. This legislation should change that problem. |
Date | 21:27:50, January 25, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Likatonia's Pride and Joy |
Message | RLP will never agree to this kind of restrictions on the people's freedoms. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 124 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 338 | ||||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 38 |
Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
Random quote: "Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion." - John Dalberg-Acton |