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Bill: Bill NP-16: Secular Governement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Progress 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: January 4527
Description[?]:
| This bill was proposed by the MP Lincey Daniel) The government of Hutori should be a secular government. Therefore, public official should not be allowed to wear religious symbol while exercising their duties as they represent the state. If a state official is wearing a religious symbol it sends the message that the entire government is endorsing that religion, which is unacceptable. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:19:42, February 03, 2019 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-16: Secular Governement Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The NPP is clearly trying to take away Hutorian's right to freely practice their religion. Frankly, if I am Hosian and someone across the aisle wore a symbol of a different religion, I couldn't care less. As Hutorians we have the right to freely express our religious beliefs and it is clear that the NPP does not want to respect that. I call on all parties to reject this disgusting bill. Zachary Houston MP for Glentingham East Minister of Foreign Affairs Leader of the Conservative Party of Hutori |
| Date | 03:41:23, February 04, 2019 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-16: Secular Governement Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, With all due respect, the accusation are baseless and uncalled for. This bill is, obviously, in no way a attack on Hutorian's right to freely practice their religion. We, at the NPP, strongly believe in freedom of religion but this is not what this bill is about. This bill aims at making our government more secular. Someone who work for the governement is a representent of the state and we can't allow a representent of the state to openly wear a a religious symbol as it would put into dout the religious neutrality of the state. -Lincey Daniel MP for the National Progress Party |
| Date | 06:20:14, February 04, 2019 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-16: Secular Governement Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, That is simply not true. Allowing elected officials, and any other civil servant to wear religious symbols shows that Hutori is a nation that is proud of its freedom of religious expression. There is no law saying that certain ones are ok and others are not. Hutorians do not care if the civil servant that they are interacting with is wearing a religious symbol or not, and if anyone is, I would simply say to them, grow up. Zachary Houston MP for Glentingham East Minister of Foreign Affairs Leader of the Conservative Party of Hutori |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 70 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 39 |
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