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Bill: Freedom of Religion for the People
Details
Submitted by[?]: The People's 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: October 4029
Description[?]:
| The government should have no say in what the people wear. By forbidding the wearing of religious clothing, the government is overstepping its boundaries and is playing too large of a role in everyday life of the citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Current: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Current: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:57:02, May 16, 2016 CET | From | The People's Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion for the People |
| Message | Any governmental involvement in religion goes against religious freedoms |
| Date | 01:18:43, May 16, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion for the People |
| Message | We disagree. Any removal of restrictions on religion in the public space equals promotion of religion by the State. We will oppose. |
| Date | 20:24:31, May 24, 2016 CET | From | New Progressive Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion for the People |
| Message | The NPPK understands the position of the Socialist Party and some of its members may somewhat agree with their position, but we must consider that religion is a fundamental part of an individual's identity and that many of our citizens take pride in how they present themselves and wish to not be restricted on their comfortability. Saying that the clothing of a citizen is pure promotion is nothing more than an absurd absolute. Yes, some may use it for the sake of propaganda, but what about those that say, genuinely believe that a crucifix will protext them? Will the government crack down on their beliefs, on their individuality, on their spiritual security? Will our government hold them in contempt? |
| Date | 22:55:54, May 24, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK) | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion for the People |
| Message | We agree in that we agree that religion is an important part of an INDIVIDUAL's identity, and we are not interested in bending public policy toward the service of individual interests. Individuals bend to the good of the society, and not the other way around. We don't crack down on anything under the current law. We instead ensure that religion stays in the private space, where it properly and can freely be practiced, and out of the public space, where laws that are permissive of religious practice of one group threaten the practices of others. The State should not be in the business of taking sides, and should not enshrine a preference for religion, either any one kind, or religion as opposed to non-religion, in our national laws. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 750 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development." - Friedrich Engels |