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Bill: Religious Freedom Act of 4688
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Reform
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 4689
Description[?]:
| Religion and religious beliefs should be a personal decision totally free from any government interference. People, especially children, should not be influenced by their educators on whether to make a religious observation or where, when, and how to do so. These decisions are best made individually and/or within the family setting. We ask this body to make a stand for religious freedom so that people may freely choose who, what, when, and where to worship. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Public blasphemy is considered a minor offense.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:20:39, December 31, 2019 CET | From | Purple Guard | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of 4688 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, There is no need to completely ban prayers. Even if you are not religious it is good manners to pray whenever something awful has happened. And if you wish not to pray you can not participate. But banning is just a bit too much |
| Date | 18:23:20, December 31, 2019 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of 4688 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, As said, banning is a bit too much. Therefore, we'll abstain. |
| Date | 18:29:44, December 31, 2019 CET | From | People's Reform | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of 4688 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Our friends are deliberately being deceitful when they suggest this bill would, to quote, "completely ban prayers." This bill bans, very specifically, "teacher led- prayers in schools" and makes an exception for religious schools. Students are free to pray on their own, of their own volition, in a way they are comfortable, to a God they a comfortable praying to, or choose not to pray at all. |
| Date | 20:43:55, December 31, 2019 CET | From | People's Reform | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of 4688 |
| Message | August 4688 A statement from Chancellor Sybill Johnson, Education Secretary: "We have been keeping a close eye on the legislation in the Imperial Diet that would prohibit teacher led prayer in school. This was a top priority for us and something we were hoping to accomplish in this legislative session. It is our firm belief that public schools are not the place for religious indoctrination. That taxpayers should not have their dollars spent to have teachers lead their children in prayers to a God, Goddess, or multiple deities they do not believe in or pray to. Unfortunately, it has become obvious that the bill will not pass. That is why today I am announcing formally that as Education Secretary, an office invested with the authority to manage school infrastructure, we will be withholding all funds from publicly financed schools that allow the practice of teacher led prayer. As long as I am Education Secretary, no tax dollars will be sent to a public school where teachers are leading prayer. We will be exploring options for what to do with the funds that otherwise would go to schools that continue to permit teacher led prayers. They will either be deposited back into the treasury, dispersed evenly among other public schools, or used to send underprivileged children to a private school. " |
| Date | 16:34:45, January 01, 2020 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religious Freedom Act of 4688 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Teacher-led prayers do not mean that students can't choose to not pray at all. Also, parents can choose in which school they place their children. That means that if they do not agree with teacher-led prayers, they can place their children in other schools. The right to pray is also important to us. We disagree with the decision of the Education Secretary. We propose to pass a law that leaves the decision to the schools themselves and in exchange your department will stop withholding the funds from publicly financed schools that allow the practice of teacher led prayer. There is no majority here for the prohibition of teacher-led prayers and hope that it won't make this cabinet fall. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 34 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 69 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 47 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. " - P. J. O Rourke |