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Bill: Religious Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Milita and Freedom 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: February 4069
Description[?]:
| We propose the following: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
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
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:33:42, August 02, 2016 CET | From | The Milita and Freedom Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | On the teacher lead pray I would add that the children won't have to participate they can just watch or work on homewor. |
| Date | 18:58:07, August 02, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Progressive Alliance | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We live in a country where half of the population is atheist and the other half is made up of a myriad of different religions, which is at the core of our multicultural society here in Beluzia. We would strongly oppose this act, as it is not about religious freedoms which are already protected, but for silently enforcing a religion upon our nation. We should not accept this, and neither should any other party which represents the will of the people of Beluzia. |
| Date | 19:06:14, August 02, 2016 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | While we would happily support articles 1, 2 and 3, we are opposed to the rest of the bill. We believe in freedom of religion, and while this means respecting all religious groups we believe the state has no place in backing any particular religious ideology. - Senator Elliot Mortisen, Libertarian Party Religious Affairs Spokesperson |
| Date | 19:06:15, August 02, 2016 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | While we would happily support articles 1, 2 and 3, we are opposed to the rest of the bill. We believe in freedom of religion, and while this means respecting all religious groups we believe the state has no place in backing any particular religious ideology. - Senator Elliot Mortisen, Libertarian Party Religious Affairs Spokesperson |
| Date | 22:49:58, August 02, 2016 CET | From | Socialist Working Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | we can not and will not vote for Article 4 and 5 of this proposal. |
| Date | 13:10:17, August 03, 2016 CET | From | Knights of the People | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act |
| Message | This is madness ! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 669 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |