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Bill: Religious Schools Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Manalishi 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: April 2228
Description[?]:
| We believe in protecting our school children from being tainted by religious indoctrination during their most vulnerable years in the public domain of education. No such belief systems should be forced upon children because they are not old enough to decide for themselves, it is overtly exploitative. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:33:57, May 12, 2006 CET | From |  Growth and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | The GPP believes that freedom of choice and fair competition results in higher standards across the board and benefit all our citizens. Therefore we can not support the first article whatsoever. As for the second article, we could support an amended version that restricts teacher-led prayers to only religious schools in the name of separation of church and state. |
| Date | 17:15:43, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | We oppose, we believe in religious freedom and tolerance. |
| Date | 18:51:29, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Religious freedom is one thing when people also have the freedom to choose. When it is imposed on them, at a vulnerable age, that is not freedom. |
| Date | 18:53:14, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Unfortunately GPP, we can not offer that compromise for fairly obvious reasons (article 1). |
| Date | 19:34:59, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Secularism is a religion all in itself. NO. |
| Date | 19:38:13, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | We've heard that neo-con rhetoric before from the FCP, but also by many RL people that interestingly seem to have financial interests at stake. Anyway, we've also more than answered that rhetoric before. |
| Date | 22:06:51, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Yes, those evil Christians are plotting with the demon-owned bussinesses to take over the world. |
| Date | 22:07:09, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | (sarcasm) |
| Date | 22:57:26, May 12, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | they're not plotting, it's already the case (SOME sarcasm) |
| Date | 02:39:23, May 13, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | How? |
| Date | 14:38:26, May 15, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | Well there are some major conflicts of interest in the Bush administration. |
| Date | 16:06:06, May 15, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | It is neither tolerant nor free to ban religion related things in schools, or anywhere for that matter, so long as it does not cause a risk to life or limb (i.e., wearing Muslim headdress where it might get caught in machinery). |
| Date | 17:27:21, May 15, 2006 CET | From | Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Religious Schools Bill |
| Message | it is neither responsible nor free to allow our children to be conditioned and brainwashed into things that they have no say in. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 507 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 118 |
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