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Bill: Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda
Details
Submitted by[?]: Commonwealth Workers Army
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: June 2254
Description[?]:
| The Anarch Anakrousite Party introduces the first in what promises to be an extensive campaign of iconoclastic legislation. First: There is a mandatory religion enforced on every man, woman, t/v, t/s, gelf, n/a, d/k, d/c, gelfling, moogle and child. This religion is the "Sacred Order of Clown Shoes" (SOCS). Second: The required, mandatory, dress for all members of the Sacred Order of Clown Shoes, and thus - for ALL Likatonians, is a pair of enormous pants, held up with bracers/suspenders, a red nose, a silly wig, makeup and enormous floppy Clown Shoes. Third: The Sacred Order of Clown Shoes is also the regulatory body of industrial actions. All citizens MUST belong to the Sacred Union of Clown Shoes (SUCS), also. Fourth: All appointments within the religion, and thus, within the union, are to be made by the government body, the "Internal Tribunal of the Sacred Union of Clown Shoes" (IT SUCS). Fifth: The same body also regulates the pensions, pay, and benefits of the Sacred Order of Clown Shoes, in the guise of the "Wage Equivalency Tribunal of the Sacred Order of Clown Shoes" (WET SOCS). Sixth: ALL education must take place in religious schools, accredited by the Sacred Order. These schools are regulated by the "Sacred Order of Clown Houses of Piety" (SOC HoP). Seventh: All proceds of the Sacred Union are taxed, whether or not they are charitable donations. This taxation is handled by the "Wage Equality in the Sacred Union of Clowns" (WE SUC). Eighth: Slavery is instituted as a punishment for any who refuse to dress according to the mandatory codes, or who are declared apostate for breaking any of the other commandments. This punishment is applied by the "Unity of the Sacred Union of Clowns" (U SUC). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religious taxation policy is left to the local governments.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Proposed: People are required to dress according to religious codes
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: All schools are required to be religious in nature.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: The slave trade is illegal, but slavery is legal as a punishment.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:40:11, July 13, 2006 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda |
| Message | Our legal department are looking into the matter, but our initial impression is that those shoes are in fact sandals, and although a clown may be wearing them, they belong to a hippie. Research continues. Cheerfully, The RSAHS |
| Date | 11:47:18, July 14, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda |
| Message | We support this Bill. We are eager to see the AAP try to enforce it, but mostly we are keen to see traitor Atreides address the nation in an outfit befitting his political stature. We will of course seek to overturn it immediately. And when the ...election... comes, Clown Atreides can be first against the wall. |
| Date | 17:30:11, July 14, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda |
| Message | We realise some might find this stance comical... even ridiculous, but it means we have finally some shared ground with the RSAHS. Admittedly, we have been forced to make the RSAHS look like an object of ridicule to find this common ground, but that doesn't seem as inappropriate as it sounds. |
| Date | 17:34:01, July 14, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda |
| Message | Never let it be said the RSAHS are without humour.We look forward to sharing more laughs on election day, when we find out where public loyalties truly lie. We will draft supporting legislation for the AAP, to help umemployed former politicians in clown outfits. Wait, you are already dressed to run away with the circus. All becomes clear. |
| Date | 18:11:42, July 14, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Iconoclast Agenda |
| Message | The RSAHS has un very much amused. They are comic geniuses. We are SURE they must be laughing. After all - if you can't laugh... what can you do? (Take up politics, perhaps). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 169 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 331 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy allows you to establish an unelected head of state like a monarch or a president-for-life, but doing this is a bit of a process. First elect a candidate with the name "." to the Head of State position. Then change your law on the "Structure of the executive branch" to "The head of state is hereditary and symbolic; the head of government chairs the cabinet" and change the "formal title of the head of state" to how you want the new head of state's title and name to appear (eg. King Percy XVI). |
| Random quote: "Wherever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." - Harry S. Truman |