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Bill: No Discrimination Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Northern Lights
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: May 2198
Description[?]:
| No privileges to religions! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 3
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 | 21:37:37, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the No Discrimination Act |
| Message | Huge invasion of civil liberties and increases theftation. NO! If you outlaw a person of religious convictions from wearing symbols he / she regards as central to their belief while exercising their duties you are effectively banning religous people from office. For every single religious person I have ever met puts their religion first, second, third, fourth,....................................work, on that scale, wouldn't even enter the horizon. You socialists are supporting the disenfranchisement of a large section of this society! The stench of a backroom corrupt deal is overwhelming, it is almost as strong as the smell of burning socialist principles. |
| Date | 23:37:13, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the No Discrimination Act |
| Message | Heck No!!! While I personally am not religious, we fully agree with the Libertarians on this. |
| Date | 19:56:26, March 11, 2006 CET | From | Northern Lights | To | Debating the No Discrimination Act |
| Message | 1) we believe the state must be kept absolutely neutral in religious issues. one representing the state shall not demonstrate his religion by any means _while_excercising_ his_duties_ as _a _representative_of_the_ state_. 2) we are not socialist (and you are apparently not liberarian) |
| Date | 21:18:21, March 11, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the No Discrimination Act |
| Message | And you obviously know less than nothing about Libertarianism (including the way to spell it). One of the central tenets of Libertarianism is the individuals freedom to do as they wish as long as it brings no harm on any other! That most definitely includes religous freedom, even though most Libertarians, (myself included) are atheist. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 137 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." - Aristotle |