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Bill: Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lyika ati Isọdọtun
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: October 2240
Description[?]:
| Ikradon should not recognize foreign marriages that do not comply with Ikradonian standards. We will not recognize marriages that were performed without the consent of both spouses, nor will we recognize marriages that otherwise failed to observe the rights of all parties involved. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Current: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Proposed: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:35:03, June 01, 2006 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | All 75 IFP assemblymen and women will vote in favour of this measure. We are happy that some reason is coming to this nation after all. |
| Date | 12:24:04, June 01, 2006 CET | From | Zapatista Freedom Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | This, we feel, is too discriminatory for the Ikradonian government. We shall oppose this in the name of freedom. |
| Date | 12:56:11, June 01, 2006 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | I never saw it in those terms before; I'd always seen this policy as more liberal since similar laws are used by other nations not to recognise homosexual marriages. I will support. |
| Date | 13:48:27, June 01, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | Nor had I. I was just looking for a bill to propose when I saw this one and was struck by the realization that our marriage laws are already quite liberal, and the only marriages that would fail to meet our standards would be those that somehow fail to provide the rights of those involved in the marriage. |
| Date | 06:47:39, June 02, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | As long as the domestic policy does not change the IPC has no problems with this measure. It will be a positive step for international freedom and may in some small way contribute to persuading nations with coercive marriage laws to renounce them. |
| Date | 18:19:20, June 05, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | The DSP will support with all of it's non-existant votes. |
| Date | 18:13:19, June 08, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | Would it be possible to move this to voting soon-ish? |
| Date | 15:18:18, June 09, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | We thank the DSP's phantom legislators for their votes. |
| Date | 17:14:15, June 09, 2006 CET | From | Zapatista Freedom Party | To | Debating the Foreign Marriage Bill of 2235 |
| Message | It is difficult to determine certain circumstances, such as forced marriages etc. We support not recognising such marriages (that is, ones without full consent) but at the same time we cannot put an outright ban on all foriegn marriages which do not comply. It may just be that the coutnry they were married in applies different laws regarding marriages. Thus, we cannot ignore these, as not all of these marriages that do not comply with our policy would be forced or lacking consent. In the situation of individual cases of non-consential marriages, we will not recgonise them, but for now, we cannot vote in favour of such a sweeping and potentially ignorant bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 410 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 113 |
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