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Bill: Civil Marriages Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partisans And Artisans League
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: November 2082
Description[?]:
| This bill is a follow up to the bill "One man, one woman, one marriage, one Beluzia!" in which I forgot to include a proposal. The description is the same in this instance. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:44:12, July 03, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Whatabout a man and 2 women? Or three women? |
| Date | 02:43:22, July 06, 2005 CET | From | Free Beluzians | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | The FBP feels that this should not be a matter for the national government. Each province has differing views towards marriage, and forcing them to accept a single view would be to ostracize (Spelling error, I know) them from the national community. |
| Date | 18:34:43, July 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Hot virgins should never be ostracized from the Peoples bedrooms! |
| Date | 19:54:26, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | The SLP feels the government should recognise homosexual marriage, and thus opposes this bill. |
| Date | 23:41:59, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Good for you SLP! I hope you have a long and fruitful life in politics. |
| Date | 21:35:41, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Uhm, thanks? *peers* |
| Date | 00:20:48, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | No, no, no I really mean it. After the LCP left I didn't have anyone to argue with, but now...... ;-) |
| Date | 03:00:08, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Let the culture wars begin? |
| Date | 15:01:57, July 16, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Yes let them because in disagreeing with others you both increase your own strength of belief as well as become more tolerant and understanding of others. |
| Date | 01:34:51, July 19, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | (*sincerely doubts the latter, OOCly*) |
| Date | 04:33:23, July 19, 2005 CET | From | Beluzian Labor Party | To | Debating the Civil Marriages Act |
| Message | Labor believes that this issue is, to some extent, a diversion from serious policy debate. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 90 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 146 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 38 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values." - Ronald Reagan |