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Bill: Cultural Revival and Restoration Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 国民同盟党 (Kokumin Dōmeitō)
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: February 4478
Description[?]:
| An Act to improve upon religious freedoms and public religious expressions in Sekouo and promoting cultural conservatism and nostalgia to improve social unity and cohesion amongst the Sekowan people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Article 2
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 minor offense.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 5
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: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no official state religion, but the government only allows recognized religions. 'Cults' are persecuted.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Proposed: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:09:28, October 29, 2018 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Cultural Revival and Restoration Act |
| Message | We vehemently oppose this, not simply in principle but also as the revisionism it is; Sekouo has always been a secualr nation going back over 2,000 years, a nation that has never given into the foibles of illogical superstitions that are religion. It should be telling that l the regimes throughout our history that have tried to enforce such have crumbled quickly. |
| Date | 14:24:44, October 29, 2018 CET | From | 国民同盟党 (Kokumin Dōmeitō) | To | Debating the Cultural Revival and Restoration Act |
| Message | The KMDM rejects the allegation that our party desires to drag this country into the Dark Ages. Regardless of any history of secularism, Gao-Showan cultures and religious practices, in particular Kamist and Gao-Showan syncretist beliefs, are key to our national identity and what distinguishes our great country from other societies and nations out there. To reject this defining and characterising flavour of our nation is to reject what makes us unique, and will erode and dilute the sense of belonging and identity that Sekowans have in this great nation. The KMDM does not wish to engage in revisionism, but a return to a society with a deeply-rooted sense of religious and cultural identity, and we reject allegations suggesting otherwise or imputing untoward intentions onto our leadership. 生古塢第一！生古塢万歳！頑張れ生古塢！ ー 桜井 美智雄、国民同盟党（KMDM) の総裁 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 320 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The Lord is a man of war" - Exodus 15:3 |