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Bill: Cultural Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party of Telamon
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: July 2191
Description[?]:
| Different cultures have diiferent traditions. When immigrants arrive in Telamon, we should allow them to keep their traditions- including marriage practices. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:04:22, February 25, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cultural Freedom Act |
| Message | OK. So basically we should recognise all marriages and not impose limitations on the age of the persons getting married (allow marrying children), the species of the entities getting married (allow marriage with animals), their animateness (allowing marriage with the dead and other inanimate objects), the number of entities getting married (allowing group marriages [overlapping ones of course (though this we could support)]), and willingness of the parties getting married to do so (allowing forced marriage). We are the last party to regard marriage as something sacred, but we recognise that many practices relating to marriages can violate human rights and tradition is no reason to allow violations of human rights. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 227 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
| Random fact: All role-play must respect the established cultural background in Culturally Protected nations. |
| Random quote: "Colonialism or imperialism, as the slave system of the West is called, is not something that is just confined to England or France or the United States. The interests in this country are in cahoots with the interests in France and the interests in Britain. It's one huge complex or combine, and it creates what's known not as the American power structure or the French power structure, but an international power structure. This international power structure is used to suppress the masses of dark-skinned people all over the world and exploit them of their natural resources." Malcolm X |