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Bill: Secular Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarchosyndicalist Libertarian Front
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 2214
Description[?]:
| Few steps in right direction |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 2
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:28:55, April 10, 2006 CET | From | Anarchosyndicalist Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Secular Bill |
| Message | Librerty Party against? |
| Date | 12:39:14, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Tirgith Populus Party | To | Debating the Secular Bill |
| Message | The government should not say you must, or you cannot, on the issue of religion. |
| Date | 13:48:56, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Secular Bill |
| Message | Yeah, we're a little concerned about art 2. We are not convinced that the case has been made that the individuals concerned need to have their liberty restricted in this way. We acknowledge that there are risks regarding the perception of the separation of church & state, but do not see any reason to believe that it is realistic that a recognisably individual statement of faith (e.g., wearing a crucifix, or a turban, etc) would have undue influence on the public at large. We regard this as different to, say, teacher-led school prayer in public schools because one's choice of dress is not an imposition on others (if you wear a jilbab it affects me no more than what sort of shoes you wear); in contrast, in public schools, school prayer is progandising and evangelising from a position of authority and is definitely an imposition on the subjects with the entire force of the state behind it. Similarly, while we have no objection to a jilbab-wearing JP (say), we would prohibit the JP leading a prayer while on the clock. Hope that makes sense. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 303 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "Don't listen to what the Communists say, but look at what they do." - Nguyen Van Thieu |