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Bill: The Military Civil Rights Act of 2280
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Mordusian Green 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: January 2282
Description[?]:
| An Act to ensure that those who serve in the military are guaranteed the same civil rights as civilians. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Military stance on homosexuality.
Old value:: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Current: Open homosexuality is not tolerated in the military. The military has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Proposed: Homosexuality is allowed in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:37:04, September 08, 2006 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the The Military Civil Rights Act of 2280 |
| Message | The military is not the same thing as regular society, a fact that evidently escapes you. |
| Date | 02:19:06, September 09, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Military Civil Rights Act of 2280 |
| Message | So we should demand that an entire section of the population to deny their natures when we force them to work in the military? |
| Date | 04:06:35, September 09, 2006 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the The Military Civil Rights Act of 2280 |
| Message | "Deny their natures"??? How about if we treat all of them as soldiers rather than as merely sex objects? |
| Date | 04:08:49, September 09, 2006 CET | From | Country Labor Party | To | Debating the The Military Civil Rights Act of 2280 |
| Message | Let's "don't ask" any soldier whether he or she is gay or straight, and let's all soldiers "don't tell" whether they are gay or straight. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 287 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 312 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "If man asks for many laws, it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous." - Will Durant |