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Bill: Religion Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist 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 2236
Description[?]:
| The church are just a cult of liars! They brainwash us into believing them! Put this to a stop now! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:45:00, May 31, 2006 CET | From |  People's Liberation Army | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | Many of the PLA's members are Catholic and we take the Socialist's Party seething comments with a grain of salt. Faith is not forced and we believe in secular government. Appointing ministers of religion when the government doesn't even believe in that religion is ludicrous. We must vote against this measure. |
| Date | 17:56:10, June 01, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | You just said many of your members are Catholic, but then you tell us that you believe in a secular goverment. My articles all support a secular goverment, so what is the problem? |
| Date | 20:16:05, June 01, 2006 CET | From | People's Liberation Army | To | Debating the Religion Bill |
| Message | The problem is that you are oppressing our religion and many others through the elimination of religious schools and appointing the heads and ministers of OUR religion. There is a difference between atheism and secularism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 78 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 388 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 259 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine |