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Bill: Secular Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Modern Enlightenment Party
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: March 2281
Description[?]:
| We propse that education and religion be kept absolutely separate. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 2
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:18:29, September 07, 2006 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Secular Education Bill |
| Message | The IPC welcomes the MDP to Ikradon, and is glad to hear a new voice in the debate! As far as religion in education goes, we feel that allowing voluntary prayer during school is esential to freedom of speech, just as allowing religions to set up schools is essential to freedom of association. Religions should be treated by the same rules that govern everyone else. |
| Date | 09:31:10, September 07, 2006 CET | From | Modern Enlightenment Party | To | Debating the Secular Education Bill |
| Message | But religions aren't treated by the same rules, ideologies other than religion are not given the same allowances. We have no intention of banning religion or anything like that, we just feel that schools are places of education and fact not indoctrination and faith. Also people can pray, just teachers cannot lead this praying. |
| Date | 23:44:49, September 07, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Secular Education Bill |
| Message | You WILL have faith! Bow down! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 132 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 467 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent." - John Maynard Keynes |