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Bill: Freedom of Religion in Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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 2274
Description[?]:
| A bill to expand freedom of religion by allowing nonreligious schools to permit organized prayer, so long as it is always voluntary. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:54:27, August 20, 2006 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | This is basic freedom of religion -- why should where someone is employed (in a school or otherwise) prevent them from organizing private, voluntary worship services? Furthermore, currently only religious schools are regulated -- other private schools are self-regulated. Isn't this discrimination? |
| Date | 00:07:39, August 21, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | We would go further, but what you have is fine. We support. |
| Date | 17:20:03, August 21, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | We support Article 1. |
| Date | 17:21:21, August 21, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Actually, we do not. Sorry. We feel that some regulation may be necessary, since students do not always have the choice of whether to attend a religious school. We cannot allow students to be abused in school under the guise of "religious freedom." |
| Date | 19:36:27, August 22, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | I am holding off a vote on this bill until the vote has concluded in the Standards of Education Act. If that bill passes, as now seems likely, it may be edited somewhat. |
| Date | 09:48:55, August 23, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | As the intent of Article 1 was to make religious schools subject to the same freedom from regulation as nonreligious ones, and the nonreligious ones have since been regulated, we have removed Article 1 from the bill. |
| Date | 04:07:21, August 24, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion in Education Act |
| Message | Last-minute change. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 126 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 473 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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