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Bill: State Religion and Recognised Religions Act (Revised 4307)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Haruzuterēchisuku Refonpātī
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: May 4308
Description[?]:
| This bill sets out the law regarding religion and matters of divinity in the Imperial Crownlands of Hulstria, as well as which religious organisations are recognised and which are not. Article 1 The Imperial Crownlands of Hulstria is a Hosian nation and the official state religion of the land is Confessional Luthoranism (OOC: High Church Lutheranism). Article 1 (a) Membership of the state religion is completely voluntary but all citizens will receive compulsory education relating to the state religion through the National Curriculum while at school, regardless of their faith or denomination. Article 1 (b) The Head of State (Emperor or Empress) is the symbolic head of the church of the official state religion and must follow the state religion and bring up their children in the ways of the state religion. The highest cleric in the land is the Archbishop of Merinthia who oversees the day-to-day running of the church of the official state religion throughout Hulstria. Article 2 Several other Hosian-based religions are allowed to officially exist within the nation - these are known as recognised religions and have been chosen by the government. (See list of recognised religions below Article 3). Article 2 (a) Citizens are free to follow one or more of the recognised religions without persecution; people have the right to be non-religious and follow no faith at all; however given the links between communism and atheism it is deemed unsatisfactory and all with be done to encourage these citizens to find faith from an early age. Article 2 (b) Only marriage ceremonies that are performed under the official state religion or under a recognised religion are deemed to be legal. Marriage ceremonies performed through non-recognised religions or cults, or civil partnerships are deemed illegal and void by the state. Article 2 (c) The law in regards to divorce procedures and settlements will also taken into account the state religion and permissions, findings and settlements will reflect this. Article 3 - Recognised religions in Hulstria are: all denominations of the Hosian faith, including other denominations of Luthoranism, Aurorian Patriarchalism and Terran Patriarchal; Other world religions are tolerated but are not followed in this country to any extent and are not recognised. Article 4- Religions or cults that have been deemed illegal by the state are: Tenhism, Hulstro-Mikun New Religions, Thetanism (Scientology), any form of paganism, animal worship or spiritualism, Satanailism, Hamekhodaism (Pantheism), religions that follow or support any form of communism or communist figure, such as Karlstein Metz or Vladimir Leonid. Article 4 (a) - Anyone found to be following an illegal religion/cult or evangelising in relation to an illegal religion or cult will be prosecuted and sentences determined through the courts depending on severity of crime. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Only divorces that comply with religious doctrine are legal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: Only marriages that comply with religious doctrine are recognised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:28:21, November 24, 2017 CET | From |  Haruzuterēchisuku Refonpātī | To | Debating the State Religion and Recognised Religions Act (Revised 4307) |
| Message | *** looking manic as he speaks *** Party Members, This is a necessary update of the original State Religion and Recognised Religions Act. It is essential in helping to unify and create the homogeneous state we all strive for. The amendments are, in the main, aimed at eliminating non-Hosian denominations from the recognised religions list - thus further prioritising citizens who are Hosian. Also, it ensures that for marriages to be official they must be carried out under recognised religious procedure and ceremony; divorce procedures will also take into account recognised religious doctrine only. In this way we move ever close to the pure Husltrian, Hosian and Dundorfian-speaking state we all dream of. Reichskanzler Leopold Nimitz *** armed guards drafted in during the last debate (see back end of this bill for details - http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=546479) are still threateningly present around the chamber *** |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 46 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 29 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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