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Bill: Ending Secularist Persecution
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hosia Demokrata Popola Partio
Status[?]: passed
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: March 4072
Description[?]:
| A bill to put an end to state-sponsored secularist persecution and discrimination of religious organizations. The Churches in Zardugal have always stood as the strongest and most efficient bulwark against statist tyranny, providing social services, education, and high moral standards that stand in contrast to the opression of the all-emcompassing modern state. Should this bill pass the Federation of Zardugal recognizes as its official religions the Terran Patriarchal Church and the Coburan Apostolic Tewahedo Church, as core components of Zardic culture and identity and the strongest defenders of charity, compassion, and human dignity. Religious freedom shall also continue to be fully recognized and defended, while the Federation will take measures to avoid religious radicalism and irrational fanaticism. Tagathonika Filimonido Chairwoman of the HDPP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not 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: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, 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 an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:07:20, August 08, 2016 CET | From |  Soldatoj de la Nova Tagiĝo | To | Debating the Ending Secularist Persecution |
| Message | "The theocratic HDPP wants to not only shove religion down the throats of our citizens, but to show preference to those religions it deems acceptable at the expense of others. It falsely claims to defend religious freedom while allowing its preferred religions the special privileges of official government recognition, the right to set up schools, the avoidance of taxation, and the right to send missionaries into our nation. This bill does not end persecution by secularists, which doesn't exist in the first place, but instead it commences the persecution OF secularists, as well as the persecution of every religion that the HDPP does not approve of. I say it now: The SNT will NEVER support the institution of theocracy in Zardugal!" -Anastasia Mojsido, SNT Critic for Education and Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 151 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 147 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 167 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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