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Bill: Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Progress Party
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: May 5294
Description[?]:
| (This bill was proposed by the Minister of Education and Culture Kaitlyn Thompson) It is inherently immoral to segregate student of different religion in different school. Religious schools are dividing our youth into clans that hate each others. Putting our children in little religious bubble where the ideas of their parents will never be question and where everyone share the same opinion as them can only lead to a disaster. School should be about learning your futur job or learning how to be a functionning adult not about learning how to practice the religion of your parents. Religions should be taught at home or at places of worship and nowhere else. Let's stop the endoctrination of our youth once and for all. Let's ban religious schools and re-unite our nation. Provision; Article 1) Upon the passage of this bill, every religious school, may they be private or public, shall be transformed into normal school. Article 2.1) Upon the passage of this bill, it shall be illegal to give any form of religious education in any school may they be private or public. Article 2.2) Schools that have as their primary purpose to teach how to become a minister of religion shall be exempt from article 1 and article 2.1. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
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 | 20:40:53, April 28, 2023 CET | From | Labour Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act |
| Message | This bill would have the support of the Labour Party as stands currently. Beck Lexington Leader of the Labour Party of Hutori |
| Date | 05:58:48, April 29, 2023 CET | From | Country City Alliance | To | Debating the Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act |
| Message | This bill violates a parent's right to teach their children their traditional values, we strongly oppose this bill. |
| Date | 13:33:12, April 29, 2023 CET | From |  Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker While the Monarchist Party is not inherently against a secular education, banning religious education outright is a step too far. What of religious schools that are designed to teach new generations of pastors and priests and other theologians. What of schools that are trying to reach religious studies as a comparison and only clinically. Using such vague blanket language goes against the concept of freedom of speech. Further Mr. Speaker, by stopping the ability of religious schools to teach future theologians and biblical scholars is this not a direct attack on Freedom of Religion by denying these religions the next generation of willing and voluntary worshippers. We oppose this bill on these fundamental grounds. Theodore Woodbury Leader of the Monarchst Party of Hutori Senator for Groomsbridge |
| Date | 03:48:04, April 30, 2023 CET | From | National Progress Party | To | Debating the Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, For me, it goes without saying that when we talk about religious schools, we talk about schools that educate minors. Like Primary schools, middle schools and high scools. If the Senator from Groomsbridge had voice his concerns before the bill was put up to vote, we could havee amended it so that it specify which kind school the new law would apply to. Now, to make sure there is no misunderstanding in the law, I would propose to create a new bill to add some provision to this one. Would the Senator be satisfied with this compromise? -Kaitlyn Thompson Minister of Education and Culture Senator for Bekenial Centre |
| Date | 15:33:10, April 30, 2023 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill NP-128: Secular Education Act |
| Message | OOC: I mean I was just reactivated but sure ;) IC: Mr. Speaker If the Government is willing to reintroduce a Bill with amended language to reflect which schools are impacted by this bill and more importantly, which have limited exemption depending on the subject matter we would of course support it. Theodore Woodbury Leader of the Monarchist Party of Hutori Senator for Groomsbridge |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 505 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - Mahatma Gandhi |