We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Religious Freedom Act 4422
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian 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: April 4423
Description[?]:
| Religion teaches morals, teaches people how to behave and what kind of behaviour and acceptable. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: Public blasphemy is considered a criminal offense.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no official state religion, but the government requires everyone to belong to a religion of some kind.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:04:53, July 12, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | Absoutely not. |
| Date | 13:08:12, July 12, 2018 CET | From | United Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | “Religious freedom would include the ability for one to choose not to follow a religion, this name is misleading, forcing people to follow a religion does not make them believers it makes them slaves.” |
| Date | 17:46:30, July 12, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | "We would support the bill, but this would mean Beluzia would risk losing its culture as a Hosnian nation if the Wewecho Pantafloja Church of Prosperity stops being the official religion " |
| Date | 18:48:44, July 12, 2018 CET | From | Beluzia Socialist People's Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | "Blasphemy as a crime went the way of the dinosaurs, which, we might add, were not put on this earth to test our faith." - Sylvia Knight (Internal affairs spokesperson) |
| Date | 00:54:43, July 13, 2018 CET | From | Beluzian Conservative People's Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | I answer the BDP, that is my intention, it is completely wrong to be bound to just one state religion. |
| Date | 01:10:38, July 13, 2018 CET | From | Beluzia Socialist People's Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act 4422 |
| Message | "What an utter shambles - Gavin Hudson (Health and Social Care spokesperson SOCIALOLZ) |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 120 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 630 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The influence a bill has on elections decreases over time, until it eventually is no longer relevant. This can explain shifts in your party's position to the electorate and your visibility. |
| Random quote: "Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust." - Ralph Nader |