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Bill: Bill NP-57: Secular State 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: October 4562
Description[?]:
| (This bill was proposed by ther leader of the National Progress Party Justine Bates) The governement of the Federal Republic of Hutori should be a secular one. The very idea of freedom of religion is based upon the idea of maintning peace between people of diffrent religion. If the governement is seen as prioritizing one religion over the other, mayit be only be symbolically, we are posing threat to that very peace between religion because we are purposely marginalising member of other religion. This is why we must have no official state religion and have no representent of the state wearing religious symbols. Article 1) Upon the passage of this bill,the hutorina state shall have no religion being presented as it's official religion. Article 2) Upon the passage of this bill, public officials shall not be allowed to wear any kind of religious symbol. |
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.
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 government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:13:38, April 17, 2019 CET | From |  National Salvation Front (NSF) | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, freedom of religion allows people to wear religious symbols. This bill I nothing more than liberal progressives attempting to erase Hutoprian identity & culture. NSF |
| Date | 16:29:31, April 17, 2019 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, While we can support Article 2, we cannot support Article 1. Hutorians currently have the right to freely practice and express their religious beliefs, and this bill seeks to strip that right from a large group of Hutorians. Hon. Mélina Giroux Senator for St Anslem Nicolet Leader of the Royal Conservative Party of Hutori |
| Date | 20:16:16, April 17, 2019 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We can't agree with both our colleugues. It is certainly not a right for state employees to wear religious symbol on their workplace . The governement has the right, like any ohter emplyer, to decide who can and cannot work for it and it is not a infringement of any rights to do so. -Jusitne Bates Leader of the National Progress Party and former President |
| Date | 02:47:18, April 18, 2019 CET | From | National Salvation Front (NSF) | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, the dam purpose of this bill is to not "marginalize" any fragment fo society. Yet the NPP claims "The government has the right, like any other employer, to decide who can and cannot work for it and it is not an infringement of any rights to do so." if that is not clear hypocrisy I do not know what is! I as that Justine Bates resign a leader of the NPP, at least before her, they did not contradict themselves in the same bill. NSF |
| Date | 14:42:16, April 18, 2019 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | OOC: just a reminder to the NSF that we follow parliamentary procedure and Senators are not allowed to mention other Senators by their names |
| Date | 20:52:33, April 18, 2019 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | OOC: Also, I am pretty sure it illegal to use the word ''damn'' or any ohter swearword |
| Date | 00:19:02, April 19, 2019 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | OOC: illegal isn't the proper term, it's just against parliamentary procedure |
| Date | 02:10:01, April 19, 2019 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-57: Secular State Act |
| Message | OOC: Indeed you are right |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 57 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 148 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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