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Bill: More secularity act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative People's Party
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: June 2193
Description[?]:
| Religion is a personal matter and the government and it's officials should neither condone nor condemn any one religion and religion in general. The government has no business encouraging missionary work or doing the opposite. Government officials represent the government and if they wear visible religious clothing while performing their duties, it will look like government is taking sides in matters of religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are welcomed and encouraged by the government.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:26:17, February 28, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian League | To | Debating the More secularity act |
| Message | Support 1, not 2. Split please. |
| Date | 05:50:08, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Democractic Socialist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the More secularity act |
| Message | What a strange mix of articles. Too bad you couldn't listen to LL. please split next time. |
| Date | 10:39:18, March 01, 2006 CET | From |  Gil's Green party | To | Debating the More secularity act |
| Message | please split next time .. |
| Date | 10:45:28, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Conservative People's Party | To | Debating the More secularity act |
| Message | I don't see how the mix is strange.. The government shouldn't show preference towards any one religion. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 33 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 149 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |