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Bill: NDP-015: Religious Clothing Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 國民主黨Nationalist Democratic 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[?]:
| The government official should be allowed to showcase their personal beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:21:11, June 19, 2018 CET | From | 莲花党 (Lotus Party) 🌸 | To | Debating the NDP-015: Religious Clothing Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We understand the role of private religious practice, though the state is officially Jienist and is otherwise secular. When one is serving as an agent of the state, one must not display any loyalties to any other entity than to the state. Tran Hong Ha Trade and Industry Critic Lotus Party |
| Date | 09:35:08, June 20, 2018 CET | From | 國民主黨Nationalist Democratic Party | To | Debating the NDP-015: Religious Clothing Act |
| Message | Tran Hong Ha, Do public servants serve the state, or the people of the state? Following this logic, should the minister display loyalty to the people of the state, or to the state itself? Should the minister show loyalty - perhaps religious loyalty, if necessary - to those who elected them? To the assertion of the loyalty to the state - what is a state without the people? Are the people not an integral part of the state? Should the people that make up the state not receive loyalty from their ministers? Jienism itself preaches filial piety. What if a Jienist, born of, but converted from, another religion, elected by those adherents of that other religion, wishes to honor their ancestral heritage - their mentors, their family, their community - through the simple adorning of jewelry? Is that person not a Jienist? Does he not represent the state's ideals of Jienism? By this logic, under current laws, would he not betray his own moral conscious by following them? Would we not lose the moral fabric of our nation, as such individuals, should they be truly morally or ethically virtuous, are driven away from public service because they are unwilling to compromise on principles? If we are to accept any notions of a moral meritocracy, would we not be driving away the talented, the gifted, the morally mature, through the current law? Would that not be a far greater betrayal of the nation, people, and state than the simple allowance of a piece of jewelry, by those in service? I urge all parties to vote in favor of the nation and people - to vote in favor of the morally virtuous - to vote in favor of good leadership, and not drive potential talented ministers away from service. May every true Indralan vote in favor of this bill. Tan Tianzi （譚天子） NDP Cultural Advisor |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 345 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 69 |
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