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Bill: Freedom of Religion Redux
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian Party
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: January 2211
Description[?]:
WHEREAS all idologies, secular or religious, deserve the chance to present their ideas in the intellectual marketplace, AND it is not the place of out government to pre judge which of them will be accepted or rejected; THEREFORE let us set forth the proposition that all ideas are created equal, that they are endowed by their creators with certain unaileniable rights, that among these are promulagation, proagation, and the pursuit of adherents. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Current: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:28:20, April 03, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Redux |
Message | Yhe only reason anyone attempts to ban an idea is when they are afraid that it will be too successful in the competetion for adherents. If those opposed to relegion are truly convenced of the rightness of their ideas, they should welcome the competition as a way to show off their strengths. |
Date | 21:05:22, April 03, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Redux |
Message | Religion belongs out of the public eye. There is far too much potential for persecution to happen. By completely removing it we can promote a secular society. This isn't to say, it has to be illegal; we just keep it as a personal thing without anyone worrying about someone else shoving their religious beliefs down their throats. |
Date | 21:25:16, April 03, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion Redux |
Message | The concept that we need to "promote a secular society" is just as much a matter of a belief system as the idea that we need to promote a religious society. Neither needs to be promoted or repressed, the optimum society will evolve out of the synthesis of the religious (thesis) and secular (antithesis). No one should be allowed to shove their beliefs down another's throats, but they should be allowed to let them out of their own throats, to float gently into another's ears. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 261 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 240 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
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