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Bill: Spiritual Freedom Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grüne Demokratische Partei
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 4248
Description[?]:
| NPU Bill |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
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: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:35:54, July 28, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Landvolkpartei | To | Debating the Spiritual Freedom Bill |
| Message | President, The DLVP asks that the coalition think about working together to formulate policy before we just throw bills out. Hanne Valerie Baasch DLVP Chair & President |
| Date | 11:29:52, July 28, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Spiritual Freedom Bill |
| Message | President, We needn't work always in harmony, sometimes we have opinions which differ which we want to express. Tizian Unterberger Minister of Internal Affairs Leader of the NPU |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 312 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 287 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Because democracy is not a spectator sport." - 2004 Democratic campaign slogan |