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Bill: Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Liberation Army
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: February 2250
Description[?]:
| In the Union of Sekowo Congreso Nacional A LAW To Ensure Separation of Church and State. Section 1: Religious income is taxed with the exception of charitable donations. Section 2: Teacher led prayers may only occur in religious schools. Respectfully submitted, Juan José Viamonte (PLA-LO) People's Liberation Army General |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
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: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:15:29, July 04, 2006 CET | From |  Drake Party | To | Debating the Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249 |
| Message | These articles seems reasonable to the Drake Party. |
| Date | 23:26:19, July 04, 2006 CET | From | The Worker's Communist Party Of Sekowo | To | Debating the Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249 |
| Message | The Communist Party Agress with Drake Party |
| Date | 23:52:57, July 04, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249 |
| Message | Article 2 is desirable. We disagree with article 1. There should be no special dispensations given to religious organisations. |
| Date | 01:42:59, July 05, 2006 CET | From | People's Liberation Army | To | Debating the Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249 |
| Message | Charitable donations are exempt from taxes even for non-religious organizations... this law is not giving them an advantage. |
| Date | 19:49:39, July 05, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Secular Sekowo Law (SSL) of 2249 |
| Message | I was getting proposed and current mixed up. Truly I need sleep more than I need this game, but I can't help myself. Atleast I'm not wrecking the car or anything! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 471 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 79 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved." - Confucius |