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Bill: Minor Secular Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Greyistische Demokraten
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 4063
Description[?]:
| This reform is the second try to make our country more secular. This reform is necessary to protect the 21 % who are irreligious. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Current: Both private and public blasphemy are considered grave offenses, and are heavily prosecuted.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 2
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 encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
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 an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:12:41, July 22, 2016 CET | From | The Englehart Party | To | Debating the Minor Secular Reform |
| Message | Sorry, but the Englehart Party is religious. While we do agree with the principles of secularism, in order to appease our voters, we have to vote against this. We apologize. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 197 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 233 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
| Random fact: Never use the same password as a friend. If two or more active accounts use the same password, they will be inactivated. |
| Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |