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Bill: Marriage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Democratic 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: July 2035
Description[?]:
| Believing in the equality of all, and Seeking to remove restrictions which deny homosexual partners equality under the law, now therefore, The Democratic Republic of Ikradon shall henceforth legally recognise marriage as being between any two consenting adults. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Current: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Proposed: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From |  Socialist Party of Ikradon | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | The Socialist Party agrees that though marriage is an anachronism, those who want to marry have the right to do so with whoever they want. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Irkan Tomorrow Cabal | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | The Irkan Tomorrow party sees no fault with this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | Given standard Progressive Evolution stance on progressive issues such as universal marraige, and the attendant implications that adults should be capable of forming contracts honored by the government, we vote YEA. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | We see no reason to oppose this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | I will vote for it but I think the bill is susceptible to misinterpretation in its present context. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Irkan Tomorrow Cabal | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | The IrT Party can no longer support this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | I have changed my mind and decided to vote against it. The bill has good intentions but is poorly drafted. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | If you're referring to the use of the word "any", well, we're kind of restricted by game mechanics here, otherwise I'd have it say "recognise marriages between homosexual couples". |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | The IRP supports the proposal to the extent that pretty much anything is better than the current state of 'affairs' |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Marriage Act |
| Message | Now I can vote for it. :) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 24 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Law is mind without reason." - Aristotle |