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Bill: Malivian Seductresses Act 4945
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
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: November 4945
Description[?]:
| Be it enacted by the Imperial Diet, |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government recognition of interracial marriages (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
Current: Mixed race marriages follow the same regulation as other marriages.
Proposed: Any form of unofficial interracial marriage or civil union is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:45:35, May 31, 2021 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Malivian Seductresses Act 4945 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, My government has received thousands of letters from Luthorian women, complaining that their fiances and prospective husbands have been lured away by the charms of Duka-worshipping, dark-eyed, saree-wearing enchantresses. We have agreed that this is a serious problem facing the country, and have proposed this bill to end this threat once and for all. Tommy Brewer Prime Minister |
| Date | 00:02:35, June 01, 2021 CET | From | Luthorian Pirate Party | To | Debating the Malivian Seductresses Act 4945 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Prime Minister's claim is that it is far from the most deranged thing he has said to date. Amahle Inyone, Leader of the Luthorian Pirate Party |
| Date | 01:13:34, June 01, 2021 CET | From | Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Malivian Seductresses Act 4945 |
| Message | Statement released by Cedric Poots, Private Political Secretary to the Duke of Middenridding: His Grace reports that he has not observed this phenomenon amongst his own social circle, although he knows women of the upper-middle and middle classes can be too easily seduced by exotic men, and shares the the Prime Minister's concern about some of the things that might be going on. Nevertheless, His Grace is of the opinion that banning inter-racial marriages would be a step too far. For a Luthorian lady to diminish her social status by marring beneath her is tragedy enough, but to go on to deny her the respectability of marriage is, in His Grace's view, a cruelty too far. A better option would be to limit unnecessary immigration by persons of foreign cultures and religions, and to provide girls with a firmer moral education both at school and at home. |
| Date | 01:17:34, June 01, 2021 CET | From | Empire Forwards! (EF!) | To | Debating the Malivian Seductresses Act 4945 |
| Message | News from outside the debate: Several EF! volunteer groups were overheard on various railway journeys discussing the dangers of the enchantresses. One fellow passenger spoke of "serious alarm" spreading across the trains about the issue. EF! leadership did not comment when asked for a formal position. |
| Date | 01:44:16, June 01, 2021 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Malivian Seductresses Act 4945 |
| Message | The prime minister has dismissed the duke's concerns, stating that he ascribes 'completely alien' behaviour to Luthorian women. "Perhaps he should have spent less time with the Kafuris and Jelbics and more with his fellow Luthorians, if he wished to know what this country is truly like. The reason his sister ran off with a Lodamunian was obviously down to her Lourennish upbringing." OOC: "has not observed this phenomenon amongst his own social circle", of course, is being taken to refer to the specifically *male* phenomenon targeted by the bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 57 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 80 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein |