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Bill: Chester Organic Food Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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: April 2265
Description[?]:
| Whereas organic food is both better nutritionally and for the environment, This bill would outlaw the use of all dangerous, nonorganic poisons, and, furthermore, outlaw all experimentation in genetically modified crops which violate the wholeness and quality of our food products. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:57:16, August 04, 2006 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | No. GM crops are beneficial. |
| Date | 15:08:24, August 04, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | Not if they seriously mess up natural crop production. The danger is there, and it's just horrifying. |
| Date | 21:56:09, August 04, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Party | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | Until we get proof of the danger, we can't let the precautionary principle take over. And how do we get proof without allowing the activity in the first place? |
| Date | 01:58:32, August 05, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | http://www.organicconsumers.org/biod/ccof101404.cfm |
| Date | 13:14:39, August 05, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Party | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | Some GM crops bad => All GM crops banned. Not the best of logic there. |
| Date | 20:01:23, August 05, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Chester Organic Food Bill |
| Message | Some people use guns for bad purposes as well, and yet we ban almost all of them. GM crops can be extremely dangerous, why take a chance at all? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 251 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 46 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 304 |
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