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Bill: D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partito Nazionale Istaliano
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: April 4872
Description[?]:
| Hon. Members of the Assembly, I proudly present this act before you. This Government is also elected to promote religious freedom. Believe what you want is an important value in Istalian daily life. With that in mind, this coalition propose this reform to honour that aspect of our culture. Thank you, Bruno Brundini, Minister of Internal Affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
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: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: No religions are taxed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:54:50, January 03, 2021 CET | From | Sinistra Ecologista | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | Mr. Brundini, Could a brand or a business declare itself a cult in order to not pay taxes? Or could a business who fabricates religious symbols such as crosses avoid to pay taxes on its products? -Giovanni Ferrari |
| Date | 17:51:35, January 03, 2021 CET | From | Partito Nazionale Istaliano | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | Mr Ferrari, There will be an independend board that checks yearly the activities of religious registrated organizations on for instance their earnings and commercial doings. Bruno Brundini, Minister of Internal Affairs. |
| Date | 08:23:22, January 04, 2021 CET | From | Sinistra Ecologista | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | Therefore some religions might be considered not ''religious enogh" and are therefore taxed as business, while others that are liked the most by the board, can earn as much as they want with no restriction, am I right? |
| Date | 11:41:28, January 04, 2021 CET | From | Partito Nazionale Istaliano | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | Wrong do-ers will be prosecuted but I believe you are missing the real point of this act: There will be more freedom to express one's religion and faith than ever before. Isn't that wonderful ? It is the same as having freedom of speech! Something to cherish, right ? Bruno Brundini, Minister of Internal Affairs. |
| Date | 12:05:18, January 04, 2021 CET | From | Sinistra Ecologista | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | No mr. Brundini, freedom and not paying taxes are two distinct things. You can express your religion AND pay taxes, I see no contraddition. As Hosians say "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" -Ferrari |
| Date | 17:10:14, January 04, 2021 CET | From | Partito Nazionale Istaliano | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | The Government disagrees with you, Religions are very important to the nation and people. Their contributions are valuable to society and should therefore not to be taxed. Besides, the earnings consists of gifts which are already been taxed. So, it's the policy of this coalition that we do tax their earnings twice. Thank you, Bruno Brundini, Minister of Internal Affairs. |
| Date | 12:09:08, January 05, 2021 CET | From | Sinistra Ecologista | To | Debating the D.d.I 09/4870 Freedom of Faith Act |
| Message | Every social foundation or cooperative is taxed, regardless of their contribution to society. Our government is also cutting taxes to corporations, many of which are detrimental for our society. Taxes do not currently work according to an institution's social value and contribution, so why should it work this way, but for religious institutions only? If you want our support on this matter, you should reform all taxation system, with no taxes for social cooperative and with a huge tax increases for big foreign agrobusinesses and fossil fuels industry -Ferrari |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 435 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 152 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 94 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "From my point of view, the killing of another, except in defense of human life, is archistic, authoritarian, and therefore, no anarchist can commit such deeds. It is the very opposite of what anarchism stands for." - Jo Labadie |