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Bill: Religious Schools Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia
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: September 4212
Description[?]:
| Studies show that religious children are on average less intelligent, less logical, less empathetic, and more violent. In short religious indoctrination is damaging to children and is borderline child abuse. Consequently we must ban all forms of religious indoctrination of children, including faith schools so as to protect the children of our nation. Warrick Purcell (Leader of the Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia) |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 2
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: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:38:44, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Federalist Workers Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | It is important to promote the respect of other ideas and other walks of life. The fact that the SSPB wants to ban religiosity in our schools is simply against the freedom to express one's spiritual walk which is the most basic human right. Usually saying such a phrase about basic privileges finds itself in the context of hyperbole, but freedom of religion is literally the most basic human right. This kind of thinking should not be in a free society and I hope that the SSPB can understand that. |
| Date | 03:14:09, May 17, 2017 CET | From | United Democratic Party - Liberal | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Freedom of express is not forcing people to obey to a prayer..Again, the right shows they're hypocrites. |
| Date | 04:29:54, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Federalist Workers Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | This is in the context of religious schools whose recipients of what you might deem propaganda are taught such because their parents put them in that school and has nothing to do with public schools forcing their students to pray. You stating that they are forcing them to pray would be respected in the context of public schools, but this bill is regulating privately owned schools who put the fact that they teach with religious values at the forefront of their identity. A parent signing their child up for such a school is teaching their child the values that they want to promote, and if you, by extension, are criticizing the values a parent teaches to their kids, then there are plenty of governments elsewhere where every facet of their citizens' lives are monitored. You are in the wrong nation if you still stand by this bill. |
| Date | 11:26:28, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Patriotic Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | This bill is beyond condemnation. I have no other words. Alexandra Flanders Majority Speaker of the House |
| Date | 19:14:44, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian Democratic Green Party (BDGP) | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | The fact Mr Purcell has the nerve to say "religious children are on average less intelligent, less logical, less empathetic, and more violent" astounds me! Not only does that comment show the lack of respect the SSPB has for ALL children, but it suggests a complete lack of understanding of what's currently going on in our schools. Reports given to me have said that there's no difference whatsoever in the level of education a child is given, whether it be from a religious school or a secular school, other than the obvious addition of religious elements. A clearly thoughtless bill. François Harrison Education Secretary |
| Date | 22:09:28, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | It is a scientific fact that those educated in religious schools are MORE LIKELY TO BE violent in nature, and less empathetic, less logical and less intelligent. We are not saying that because a child is religious they must be stupid, illogical, violent and disruptive or even that the majority of religious children are those things. However studies have shown that children raised in a religious environment are more likely to believe fanciful things (things not religious in nature) upon trust with a decreased level of skepticism than those raised in a secular environment. They are also more likely to behave violently towards one another than their secular counterparts. Obviously there are other factors to consider such as the high religiosity in areas of poverty (which are more violent) however there is too much of an imbalance to be entirely explained by things such as that. I do not know which statistics Mr Harrison has been looking at however by examining international data we at the SSPB can confirm that there is a definite coloration between religiosity in children and the probability of the behavior mentioned. Philippa Carter (Minority Speaker of the House) |
| Date | 22:14:55, May 17, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian International Democratic Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Whilst of course we are diametrically opposed to this bill as libertarians. Would the SSPB care to actually cite their 'scientific facts' about religious people. I am not less empathetic, less logical or less intelligent. I am religious and I am the President! Better than the left can do with their terrible opposition! President Ruby DeGraz |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 397 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 143 |
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