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Bill: Repairing the Name of the Lord
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Calvinist Unionist 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: December 2288
Description[?]:
| It has come to our attention that many of the parties in our nation who claim to be acting in the name of the Lord have hijacked his holy name to propagate their racist and descriminatory views. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, died for all of humanity, not just a few radicals. While it is only through Him that one can achieve salvation, and only the elect shall be saved, that is no reason to damn the rest of humanity. There are two ways to Christ; being forced to believe, and choosing to believe. We believe it the purpose of our Holy Luthori Empire to show that, by being good Christians who allow all to live their lives as they so wish, we shall show the unbelievers the error of their ways by showing them our kindness and greatness. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is outlawed.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state appoints the head and ministers of the state religion, but does not intervene otherwise.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women have no place in the military.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:31:51, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Repairing the Name of the Lord |
| Message | We will make sure this bill does not pass. |
| Date | 13:32:22, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Repairing the Name of the Lord |
| Message | Of course you will not pass it, but why? I do not make these bills simply because "Well, theres no way this is going to pass, so I'm just going to throw it out there anyways!" I make them so that I can judge the willingness of the other parties to commit to the democratic process. |
| Date | 22:10:37, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Spiritualists' National Union | To | Debating the Repairing the Name of the Lord |
| Message | We believe this Bill represents a big step forwards, although it does not go as far as we would like. Article 1: This is thoroughly sensible. Article 2: We would like to see greater efforts made to prevent discrimination, which is unfortunately endemic in Luthori society. Article 3: We are against having an established church. Article 4: We believe some regulations are necessary in order to make sure children receive a good education and are brought up to live in a tolerant and pluralistic society, instead of being brainwashed to hate anyone who disagrees with their religious views. Article 5: This is a positive move, but we would like to go further. |
| Date | 00:57:40, September 25, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Repairing the Name of the Lord |
| Message | We would like to go forward on most of their articles as well. However, we were attempting to comprimise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 27 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 47 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 26 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - John Dalberg-Acton |