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Bill: Secular Protectionism act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Miflaga Libralit Beiteynu
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 4700
Description[?]:
| The current administration has made it it's intention to enforce legal codes whose very existence flies in the face of not only religious liberty but also the rights of those who either reject or do not adhere to a specific faith. A line must be drawn. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
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, but they are strictly regulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government selectively screens which religions are permitted to send missionaries to the nation. Certain religions are approved and travel is unregulated.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Both private and public blasphemy are considered grave offenses, and are heavily prosecuted.
Current: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Article 9
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 | 23:26:02, January 23, 2020 CET | From | Ha'aretz Hamuvtakhat | To | Debating the Secular Protectionism act |
| Message | Beiteynu is the world's only Yeudi state, constructed by our forefathers that the Chosen Ones should never live in fear or persecution in a foreign land ever again. Today, the enemies who seek to deny us our Promised Land are not external, but internal. The heartless Herut party embarks on a scheme with Ahmadi backing to sell out our country and tear apart the foundation it is built upon - the Yeudi faith. Pe'er Li ben Shaked Speaker of the Knesset |
| Date | 16:48:30, January 24, 2020 CET | From | Miflaga Libralit Beiteynu | To | Debating the Secular Protectionism act |
| Message | Beiteynu is indeed the only Yeudi state in all of Terra but it is also the home to other communities each of which has their own spiritual outlook, interests, and customs or in certain cases none at all (non religious folk), to envoke past persecutions and fears as experienced by many among our great people only serves to trivalize their sacred memory. We are no longer a chosen people and the pact agreed upon in the eyes of the creator has since been invalidated by years of history, it is up to us to understand this and use this understand as a way to build bridges so the state can serve all of its citizens instead of demanding spiritual uniformity. Herut is not an enemy of Beiteynu, we have and always will stand ready to fight for our people. However there are people like those to the right of me whose thoughts haven't crossed the thousand year theresold and are thus still stuck in antiquity, we mustn't let these stalwarts of superstition dictate the course of this nations history. We are not interested in destroy this country or its identity contrary to the honourable gentleman's baseless accusations, but we are prepared to recognize that the Yeudi faith is in fact anything but the foundation of this country, this country was formed by secular Yeudis whose vehicle was the desire to live free and dignified lives as a nation not as adherents of a particular creed. Benyamin Ari Schwartz, Representive of Herut |
| Date | 17:49:03, January 24, 2020 CET | From | Ha'aretz Hamuvtakhat | To | Debating the Secular Protectionism act |
| Message | Note how Schwartz refers to other religious communities as "sacred" and dismisses Yeudism as "superstition". In trying times like these, can comments like this be characterised as anything less than treason and heresy? Maagan bat Lidan, Minister for Education and Culture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 257 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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