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Bill: Let's focus on more pressing issues
Details
Submitted by[?]: Farmer-Labor Party (FLP)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 5333
Description[?]:
| Why are we wasting money on something that not everyone benefits from? Low-income individuals would rather have their money invested into something valuable to them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the International Treaty for the Basic Rights of LGBTQ+ Peoples (ITBRQP).
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:03:18, July 17, 2023 CET | From | New Green Party (NGP) | To | Debating the Let's focus on more pressing issues |
| Message | We believe in making Baltusia a safe space for all of our citizens, including those who are LGBTQ+. You mentioned that we were wasting money on something that not every benefits from, and while it is entirely true that funding for protections for LGBTQ+ people within our country does not benefit every one, it's also true that many other things that we choose to invest money into will also not benefit every, including investing into benefits for low-income individuals, since not everyone benefits from that investment into benefits and programs for low-income individuals either. However, we are by absolutely no means against the investment into programs and benefits valuable to low-income individuals, and we are actually highly in support of that, we believe that it's also important to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals as well. We also consider Baltusia's signatory status in this treaty as a statement to the broader world at large of our support and protection of LGBTQ+ rights. It is with this in consideration that we vote against this bill. - Oliver Sheridan, Leader of the New Green Party (OOC: and totally not because of anything else as well) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 295 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 101 |
| Random fact: In cases where players have failed to clearly and accurately reference their nation's RP laws in the "Bills under debate" section, Moderation will rule them invalid if a challenge is made to their validity. |
| Random quote: "I never dared to be radical when young. For fear it would make me conservative when old." - Robert Frost |