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Bill: Reforms III
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian 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: March 4133
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:35:51, December 10, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Socialist Party | To | Debating the Reforms III |
| Message | Estimated colleagues of this honourable House, we request the floor to discuss the articles one by one, showing how much respect we have for every party in this assembly, and how much value our party gives democracy in itself. Article 1: We are really failing to understand the logic of this. Is this an message of pure isolationism or just an atack to religion in general? If it's the former, then are we supposed to cut all diplomacy ties we have as well? Are we ceasing to export all of our production too, to go along with this? But I have a feeling that we are talking about religion by itself. Why do our friends think missionaries have that much potential power? So much that we actually have to keep them all away from our great country? Article 2: This is a Secular State. That means religion have no official power, and zero political influence (as it should). That doesn't mean forbidding our citizens to believe in whatever they want in their our lives. If said religion is pushing its members to embrace hate-filled speeches and prejudice they will pay, according to our law. But that's it. Saying to our people what they can or cannot do in their private lives is the definition of an dictatorship. Like I said on other occasions, the dictatorship of the proletariat, for instance, is an phase achieved by revolutionary insurgency, from the bottom to the top. Pushing laws that limit our citizen's freedom to ensure political change is not an path in which we are willing to go through. Religions should be able to promote themselves. Just not on public offices and buildings, or using public broadcasting to do such. Article 3: Yeah... We would love to remind our friends of the Parliament that not all religions are manifestations of the elite, or of oppression. A lot of religions were built, as a matter of fact, as resistance by the people against said oppressions. Some great anthropologyst once said that culture was like an web of significances that we built and are defined by at the same time, giving meaning to the world surrouding us. Religion (or the decision to hate all religions) are part of that. That's the thing that gives you identity. We can't poke our fingers in the ties that made people form themselves in who they are. We can, actually. That would be an lovely oppression. And if I learned something with my humble studies, is that every single form of oppression have one thing in common: they beg daily for an response. We pass this article, and in just a few days, weeks or months, religion becomes part of the irresisitible seduction to resist. Dr. Douglas Coutinho PhD in History and Education President and Founder of the People's Coutinho Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 119 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 481 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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