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Bill: Bill NP-44: Secular Education act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Progress Party
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: June 4169
Description[?]:
| (This bill was proposed by the minister of Education and Culture Sophia Gallagher ) Religion is a complicated debate with a lot of existential questioning that are way too complicated to be understood by a child. Young students should not be expose to the complicated issue of religion. Only adult are mature enough to take the decision to chose a religion. This is why we should ban every religious school. |
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: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:08:09, February 19, 2017 CET | From | National Monarchist Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-44: Secular Education act |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, The question is not whether there is a God, or what religion is correct if any, the question is: do people have a political right to practice their religion? To the Liberal Democrats, the answer is a resounding "YES". Therefore, we will oppose this bill." - John William Henry (LDP-AD) Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party |
| Date | 07:04:11, February 19, 2017 CET | From | Hutori Socialists | To | Debating the Bill NP-44: Secular Education act |
| Message | "Mr Speaker, Should people have the right to practice their faith? Yes, we agree. Should these beliefs that hold no scientific grounding be instilled into the minds of children who don't know any better? No. Every child deserves the same education, regardless of the faith of their parents." - Fraser Zilberschlag (HSP-FA) HSP Senate Leader, former Prime Minister of Hutori |
| Date | 08:03:03, February 19, 2017 CET | From | Centrist Choice Coalition | To | Debating the Bill NP-44: Secular Education act |
| Message | What? This is disgusting! We can't restrict the parent's right to choose because we're atheist! Religion is a great thing, it is the heart of a heartless world, the opium of the people! Parents want their kids to be like them, children can convert when grown up, but until that child is smart enough to choose their own religion, their parents can instill their values. And I am simply disgusted by this authoritarian bill! I would repeal this if I got the chance! Disgusting I say, disgusting. A vote for this bill is a vote against choice, and a vote against religious freedom. Michael Pole, Leader of the CCC |
| Date | 08:33:51, February 19, 2017 CET | From | Hutori Socialists | To | Debating the Bill NP-44: Secular Education act |
| Message | "Mr Speaker, Mr Pole seems to misunderstand that every child should be granted an equal education, and religion impedes upon this. There is no point to separate children purely based on the faith that their parents have selected. Every child deserves an EQUAL education. If parents want to instil religious values, they can practice them at home, but a school is a place for learning, not enforcing beliefs that have no factual basis. This is not to say that people shouldn't believe in them because religion is purely based on faith. And it is for this reason that it shouldn't be enforced in educational institutions. The Socialist Party consists of a range of religious beliefs, although I myself am an atheist. This isn't authoritarianism, this is proper educational practice." - Fraser Zilberschlag (HSP-FA) HSP Senate Leader, former Prime Minister of Hutori |
| Date | 08:44:05, February 19, 2017 CET | From | Centrist Choice Coalition | To | Debating the Bill NP-44: Secular Education act |
| Message | No, children should be raised how they want to be raised, and how their parents see fit. Priests and preachers won't have any chance of getting that job if they don't study scripture, which is what religious schooling grants. We shouldn't keep everyone the same, we should let people choose what to do and where to go. Michael Pole, Leader of the CCC |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 408 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 119 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 73 |
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