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Bill: Lex Vacaria de Religione
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 4527
Description[?]:
| Waqarian Law on Religion Senators, Selucia is a Commonwealth (Res Publica), a political community that is the common property of its citizens. Unlike Liberals, Libertarians, and other individualists, Republicans recognize that individual liberty can only be secure in a self-governing community, and because of this individual rights must be subordinated to public responsibilities if collective freedom is to survive and prosper. One who is disposed to place the public good over the private good displays civic virtue, and civic virtue is the highest quality that a free state must instill in its members. There can be no stronger motivator for civic virtue than religion, understood in the broadest sense as a deep commitment to the transcendental and subordination of individual drives and passions to something far greater than oneself. Religion thus understood most certainly includes non-theistic beliefs, so far as they are not dedicated to immediate gratification. As such we propose the reversal of the privatization and individualization of the Republic's public life and a return to communal values and commitments, as shaped and directed by religion. By acknowledging the significance of religion for our citizens' daily lives and by moving away from a secular or neutral state we will become a nation that truly embraces, promotes, and respects our citizens' moral and religious commitments, allowing them to fully commit themselves to the common welfare and subordinate their narrow individual interests, rights, and autonomy to their duties to the public good. Mahmudus Waqar Senator |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Current: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Proposed: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Proposed: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 381 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 369 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "The best politics is right action." - Mahatma Gandhi |