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Bill: Ethical Reform Act 4411
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party
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: September 4411
Description[?]:
| An Act to pass socially progressive reforms |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on incest.
Old value:: Incestuous acts are illegal.
Current: Incestuous acts are illegal.
Proposed: Incestuous acts are legal, but incestuous marriages are not legally recognised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on surrogacy
Old value:: Surrogacy is legal, and surrogacy agreements are enforceable. Only altruistic surrogacy is legal.
Current: Surrogacy is legal, and surrogacy agreements are enforceable. Altruistic and gainful surrogacy is legal.
Proposed: Surrogacy is legal, and surrogacy agreements are enforceable. Altruistic and gainful surrogacy is legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to adultery.
Old value:: Adultery is illegal, but not prosecuted.
Current: Adultery is illegal, but not prosecuted.
Proposed: Adultery is legal.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of the viewing of movies.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards (to be determined) and these apply to cinemas and private homes.
Current: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Proposed: The viewing of movies is not regulated by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards police presence.
Old value:: The police patrol public property at all times.
Current: The police patrol public property at all times.
Proposed: The police do not actively patrol public property.
Article 6
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.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Current: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Proposed: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government maintains strict age limitation laws that require proof of age before sales of video games may be made.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:07:24, June 19, 2018 CET | From | People's Communist Coalition | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | If Article 1 is removed, we will support this bill entirely. |
| Date | 13:09:44, June 19, 2018 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | Incest, while certainly disturbing, is a private matter. We shouldn't normalize it, but we shouldn't prosecute people who engage in it, which is a waste of police time - Francine Jones |
| Date | 13:32:02, June 19, 2018 CET | From | People's Communist Coalition | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | We will compromise to allow these mostly progressive reforms to take place. |
| Date | 13:50:21, June 19, 2018 CET | From | Mordusian National Front | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | Due to the presence of more cons than pros, we shall vote against this bill. Too many things we disagree with, aside from the adultery proposal. |
| Date | 15:37:00, June 19, 2018 CET | From | Alternative Future | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | Not sure what is “progressive” about commodifying women’s bodies, or about restricting religious freedoms, or, indeed, about cutting back on police patrols. The police are there to protect the public, as long as the wearing of religious headwear or necklaces does not inhibit this function we see no problem. As for incestous relationships, they are not about love, but about hierarchy, power and control. This is a bad bill for women and a bad bill for religious freedom. We shall vote No. Oliver Yorke, Leader of Alternative Future |
| Date | 18:49:23, June 19, 2018 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I shall address some of the right honourable gentleman's questions, On the issue of surrogacy, if the baby isn't harmed and both the mother and prospective parents are mentally stable, I see no problem with, as Mr. Yorke put it, commodifying women's bodies On the issue of religious clothing, and I'm speaking as a Hosian Bishopal woman here, if public servants are not allowed to wear hats or other frivolous clothing items, then we shouldn't treat religious clothing differently On the issue of police patrols, arrests for petty crimes have gone up by 20%, with immigrant communities being especially hard hit The Alternative Future has shown themselves to be pure ideology with their opposition to this bill. In other words, nothing I didn't expect. Francine Jones, SP Leader |
| Date | 19:35:12, June 19, 2018 CET | From | Alternative Future | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | Well you clearly aren’t a very serious ‘Hosian Bishopal woman’ if you think religious clothing is remotely similar to ‘hats or other frivolous clothing.’ ‘Frivolous’, you said. What an outrageously demeaning and insulting thing to say to the millions of devoutly religious citizens across our nation. ‘I see no problem with, as Mr. Yorke put it, commodifying women's bodies.’ That sentence may explain why female voters have deserted your party in droves. The female body is not a commodity to be used for financial gain, be that via surrogacy, prostitution or any other form. Any attempt to institute the profit motive into surrogacy will lead to exploitation. And you rounded off by making insinuations about our hardworking police officers. As you said yourself, nothing I didn’t expect. Oliver Yorke, Leader of Alternative Future |
| Date | 04:38:11, June 20, 2018 CET | From | People's Communist Coalition | To | Debating the Ethical Reform Act 4411 |
| Message | The AF claims that women have deserted the Socialist Party in droves, while the AF ironically hardly gets any votes from women. Our country is a progressive one that values social freedoms, so women should be able to access them. Regards, Sebastian Gallagher |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 186 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 147 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 27 |
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