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Bill: Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Royalist 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: February 2288
Description[?]:
| Currently, it is mandatory to sing our National Anthem at the beginning of all sessions of education in the Commonwealth. Given that our National Anthem refers to God, and our laws call for a seperation of church and state, this is not acceptable. The National Anthem is beautiful, and a wonderful symbol of our country, but personal rights are far more important than warbling out a song. It is unTelemonian to force someone to act contrary to their religious perogatives if those perogatives do not endanger anyone else, so this must be corrected. It is our intent that the anthem still be PLAYED, and that respect be shown, but it will no longer be mandatory to SING it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Proposed: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:28:58, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | We, or I rather, tried to do this long years ago. We'll see how it goes, now. |
| Date | 02:44:50, September 23, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | We maintain our staunch opposition. Our children must be fully functional members of society, and that includes a certain love of country. Patriotism is not a vice. |
| Date | 03:27:58, September 23, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Patriots' Bloc | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | We agree with the IADP. And because we won't be interacting with each other for very long TRP, this disgusting bill seems a good a time as ever to volly our insults at you: Fag, pervert, pedophile, homosexual trade unionist, sodomite, queer, pervert, fag, pedophile, satanist, heretic, queer, fag, pussy, pedophile, pervert, fag, fag, fag. Thank you. |
| Date | 04:41:17, September 23, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | Wow, the TRP got the full set, lol. (OOC: Don't take him seriously, he jests.) |
| Date | 13:18:05, September 23, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | We agree that patriotism is not a vice, but equally it is not something that can or should be imposed. The expression of one's patriotism should be personal and a personal choice. We therefore do not support either the mandatory singing or the mandatory playing of the national anthem (particularly in its present form!!) at the start of the school day. If a school wishes to do so then that is up to them (as parents and pupils would then have the choice of schools that did and did not play the anthem), but forcing it upon people is not something that we think is desirable. |
| Date | 13:18:45, September 23, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Mandatory National Anthem Singing Repeal |
| Message | We do however, support this bill as its better than the current one! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 104 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 196 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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