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Bill: Secular Refrom
Details
Submitted by[?]: Greyistische Demokraten
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: January 4136
Description[?]:
| Meant to make our country more Secular. |
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 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.
Article 3
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 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Current: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:44:12, December 14, 2016 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Secular Refrom |
| Message | OOC: The spam is so fucking real |
| Date | 17:58:20, December 14, 2016 CET | From | Große Reformpartei - Sozialdemokraten | To | Debating the Secular Refrom |
| Message | We understand that some changes are needed, but these reforms are just too extreme for us. If this isn't passed try again with a compromise. Murlol von Thaller Chairman of FAUST |
| Date | 18:05:24, December 14, 2016 CET | From | Greyistische Demokraten | To | Debating the Secular Refrom |
| Message | No, we want an secular society. The state and church have to be seperated. |
| Date | 18:58:22, December 14, 2016 CET | From | Große Reformpartei - Sozialdemokraten | To | Debating the Secular Refrom |
| Message | What do religious schools and prayers have to do with the separation of state and church? We agree that they have to be separated, but this proposal is over the top. Murlol von Thaller Chairman of FAUST |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 172 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 162 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 66 |
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