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Bill: Gesetz der Säkularität
Details
Submitted by[?]: Volksalternative 🤝
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: April 5489
Description[?]:
| We fight against religious consciousness, whatever it may be, because we understand that a secular State can reverse the inverted consciousness of the world and show that men are the subjects of their own reality, who build their own world. The bourgeoisie is based on the ideology that workers do not own their own lives, their power is based on the alienation of labor and the removal of any power from workers over their own work and lives. And religion, as a form of instrument of social control, takes advantage of spirituality to dictate the way in which Dundorfians determine themselves as such in life and sociability – which is absurd. We are not against spirituality (we consider it to be beneficial), however, we are totally against religion as an institution - and supported and encouraged by the State. Marvin de Vries VA leader NUPES co-leader |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the endorsement of candidates and parties by religions and religious figures
Old value:: Religious figures and religions are allowed to publicly endorse policies, but not political parties and individual candidates.
Current: Religious figures and religions are allowed to publicly endorse candidates, political parties and policies.
Proposed: Religious figures and religions are not allowed to publicly endorse candidates, political parties and policies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religious organizations are not permitted to actively promote themselves or advertise, however evangelism is permitted by individuals.
Current: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
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: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: Religion is allowed but the state promotes atheism.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:55:45, May 25, 2024 CET | From | Liberal-Demokratische Union 🌐 | To | Debating the Gesetz der Säkularität |
| Message | Dear colleagues, a bill of such an extent should not be allowed to pass. This bill aims to ban any religion and is therefore against the modern democratic principles of the separation of the state and church. Religion should be a private matter. Everyone should be able to choose it by him or herself. It is a valid point that religion played a significant part in supporting monarchies and feudal laws but that is over 5 millennias ago. Furthermore we heavily criticize our fellow colleagues from the VA for heavily generalizing religion. Religion is more (nowadays) than just a tool for a non existent elite. Religion is in connection with charity, with social engagement. This lack of differentiation is dangerous in our opinion. It tricks the voters into believing that A) there is an elite suppressing everyone via religion and B) that all religions are the same and C) are all just a mean to suppress the public. All these three things are able to be disproved and are therefore simply false. In one thing we have to agree with the approach. It is indeed important to regulate religion to ensure no abusive religions harming individuals. This should however be done in a reasonable way and shouldn’t hinder those praying to religions advocating tolerance, mutual respect and social engagement. Thank you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 257 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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