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Bill: Lex Mutanabbia de Silentio
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: November 4437
Description[?]:
| Mutanabbian Law on Silence Senators, Our current laws on school prayer affect the right of free exercise of religion for individual students, who may prefer to commence their school day with a prayer. In order to defend that right and ensure that each student is subject from least possible pressure to engage in or refrain from religious observation on school grounds, each school shall be required to establish the daily observance of one minute of silence in each classroom at the beginning of the school day. During this minute of silence the teacher responsible for the classroom shall make sure that all students are seated and silent and make no distracting display, so that each individual student may, during this time, meditate, pray, contemplate, or study. This policy will guarantee the right of students who wish to pray to do so, without impeding on the rights of students that prefer to use this moment of silence for other purposes. Haider bin Talal al-Mutanabbi Princeps Senatus |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers are mandatory in schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:29:39, August 11, 2018 CET | From | Clara Aurora - COSIRA | To | Debating the Lex Mutanabbia de Silentio |
| Message | Once again, we repeat that the place of religion is the private and personal sphere. Children go to school to learn, different beliefs must be the decision and guidance of parents, and schools should not be places of worship. Our party already reluctantly agreed to allow the schools to decide on this issue, but leaving a time by law for it is necessarily a resounding "no" on our part. Students who wish to pray can do so throughout the day at any time, in places that schools qualify for them, or in their own homes or in their own places of worship. But schools should not become religious sites. Because that is not its purpose. Similarly, there is a great difference between allowing students who wish to pray in class and encourage students to do it, introducing once again, religion in a field where it does not belong. Vesnia Draco Minister of Education and Culture |
| Date | 20:01:59, August 11, 2018 CET | From | Factio Republicana Socialistica | To | Debating the Lex Mutanabbia de Silentio |
| Message | Senators, We disagree on the proper role of religion. Religion is deeply important in the daily lives of millions of Selucian citizens, and asking them to keep their beliefs to themselves while claiming we respect their beliefs is ultimately patronizing. The role of education is to prepare our children for adult life, and given the prominent role religion and religious diversity plays in the adult life of countless Selucians schools would do well to recognize that role and defend and promote religious freedom and its free expression. This bill does not propose turning schools into religious sites. It proposes the introduction of a moment of silence, which students can if they wish use for prayer, but are also free do devote to secular purposes, recognizing that there currently exists no institutional framework to allow all students who wish to do so participate in collective school prayer. Haider bin Talal al-Mutanabbi Princeps Senatus |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 332 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 302 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 116 |
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