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Bill: Looking after our Youth
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Coalition of the Willing
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: December 2256
Description[?]:
| This Bill would enact: The raising of the age of majority from the age of twelve, to the more reasonable age of eighteen. The removal of segragation from our public schools; allowing us to teach tolerance and share in and celebrate our cultural diversity. Remove discrimination from our Military, setting an example to our youth that discrimination should not and will not be tolerated. Remove the threat of nuclear weapons from our shores; the shadow of a nuclear war is one that all civilisations should seek to remove. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 12
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning racial segregation in educational institutions.
Old value:: All educational institutions must be segregated.
Current: Segregation is illegal in all educational institutions.
Proposed: Public educational institutions cannot be segregated, private institutions can choose to apply a policy of segregation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:21:33, July 18, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Looking after our Youth |
| Message | While we are opposed to Article 3, we will vote in favor with the understanding that a seperate bill will be introduced to revoke the nuclear ban should this pass. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 118 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: Henceforth, the current system of first and second class stamps, where the rich can pay to have their mail delivered faster than the poor, shall be BANNED. There shall be only one class of mail delivery, and ALL mail shall travel at the SAME speed for EVERYBODY. There can be no class discrimination in the People's Post Office! There must be the SAME class of mail service FOR ALL! ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |