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Bill: Secular State Amendment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pro Lodamunese Unitarian 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: September 4733
Description[?]:
| We believe that these are proposals that will further separate religion from the state without restricting the religions themselves. Proposal One: We believe that all foreign missionaries should have the chance to come into our wonderful nation, the only regulation is that they must let the government know they are coming by registering with the minister of Foreign Affairs one time, travel not regulated. Proposal Two and Three being pretty straightforward won't need an explanation, however, the tax on profit made by religions are subject to tax laws on profit made by corporations. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:54:23, March 29, 2020 CET | From | Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Secular State Amendment |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This proposal has the our full support. Nadine Moray, GPP Leader |
| Date | 06:54:37, March 29, 2020 CET | From | Lodamese Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Secular State Amendment |
| Message | has our* |
| Date | 09:04:54, March 29, 2020 CET | From | Prince-Republican League - New EAPP | To | Debating the Secular State Amendment |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, this is an outrageous attack on the most directly elected of bodies Lodamese democracy and an example of terrible central governmental oppression we'd see under a restored GDR. Halius von Tullius, one of the few Southern MPs still sticking around in the Chamber of People's Deputies |
| Date | 18:57:02, March 29, 2020 CET | From | Pro Lodamunese Unitarian Party | To | Debating the Secular State Amendment |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We thank the GPPoL for their support, and we say to the LTG, your alternative will keep Lodamun in the dark ages, a nation filled to the brim with slaves, nobles that have a superiority complexes because of a title, arbitrary justice that is served unopposed by one leader, and religion that dominates politics in way that allows them to decide if and when someone is, or even can be, considered an adult, need i say more? We just can't accept that alternative. Simon Clark Prime Minister of Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 408 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 337 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown |