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Bill: Secular Schools Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia
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 4240
Description[?]:
| I propose the following: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
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:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
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 | 19:07:43, July 10, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian Democratic Green Party (BDGP) | To | Debating the Secular Schools Bill |
| Message | Members of Congress, This bill is simply ridiculous and despite claims made by the Left Bloc, this isn't secular nor is does it adhere to the liberal, Baltusian values we hold dear. By banning all religious schools outright, the government is actively interfering in people's beliefs, contrary to what a secular government should do. By all means regulate schools with a religious outlook, and only allow teacher-led prayers in them - my party would support those proposals. But what right does this government have to tell parents that they cannot send their children to a religious school? It's simply a breach of their liberty and shouldn't be allowed! With that in mind, my party votes no to this bill. BDGP Chairwoman Miriam Heston |
| Date | 12:35:12, July 12, 2017 CET | From | Conservative Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Secular Schools Bill |
| Message | I would say this to the SSPB leader, I am a Yeudish man. I am in a minority in this country and my religion is not followed by many in Baltusia. However what I have always been free to do, is send my sons and daughters to temple school so they can carry on my traditions and beliefs. It is one of the reasons I always stayed here and did not leave for my forefather's homeland across the sea. Now i am being told I can't do that. I am being told I can't put my children into temple school - it's the same for my fellow believers. My friends tell me this is insensitive and fascist behaviour and many families are now looking to leave and head somewhere that is more religiously tolerant and a liberal. I'm not going anywhere I going to stay here and fight it. I also agree with Mrs Heston, this is not secularism, so you have actually conned your voting supporters as to what your party is actually standing for - so basically, you're a bit of a schmuck, aren't you? Yogi Goldstein Conservative Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 302 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 298 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better." - Niccolo Machiavelli |