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Bill: Bill NP-39: Secular nation act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Progress 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: October 4157
Description[?]:
| (This bill was proposed by the senator Tom Bokota Jr) Hutori is a secular nation. The hutorian government should be a secular government. We shouldn't give special rights and privileges to the religious organisations. We shouldn't give them the immoral right of teaching to our children nor should we give them the ridiculous privilege of not paying taxs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 2
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: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 3
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 forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:48:14, January 28, 2017 CET | From | The Nationalist Republican Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-39: Secular nation act |
| Message | Mr.Speaker This is not going to seperate the church and state, for the state is already seperated from the church, this is only a bill to remove options from our fair and smart citizens, we say no, to this removal of rights, please with respect, stop trying to solve a problem that is not there, at the costmof our citizens. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 240 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 280 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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