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Bill: Proposed change: The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutori National 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: July 4106
Description[?]:
| Currently, teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools. Our party strongly believes that to have true religious freedom, the government should enable schools to make this decision for themselves. As we know many teachers have personal religious beliefs and to inhibit them from sharing their own religious beliefs through simple prayer is restrictive on our citizens' freedom. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:24:45, October 12, 2016 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Proposed change: The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools. |
| Message | Mr. Speaker While we appreciate the pursuit of religious freedoms, allowing teacher to give morning prayers in schools may go against individual parent's wishes that their children be brought up in a non-religious education. We prefer the current status quo where no one is being infringed upon. Lisa Probert Leader of the Liberal Party of Hutori |
| Date | 00:39:27, October 13, 2016 CET | From | Hutori National Party | To | Debating the Proposed change: The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools. |
| Message | Mr. Speaker I thank the member of the Liberal Party of Hutori for their statement, however I strongly believe that school prayer would result in many societal benefits. The public school system is tragically disintegrating as evidenced by the rise in school shootings, increasing drug use, alcoholism, teen pregnancy, and HIV transmission. School prayer can help combat these issues, would instill a sense of morality and is desperately needed to protect our children. I believe that it is of the utmost importance to allow individual teachers to make this decision for themselves. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 165 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 435 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." - George Washington |