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Bill: Adoption
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperial Conservative 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: October 2075
Description[?]:
| Adopting children is a huge undertaking and there is nothing more precious than childhood. So we propose to set standards for prospective guardians. Adoption is an essential need in society as long as there are children without parents, there's no way we can fairly overlook it. As long as these standards are met, we believe there is no need to impose sexism and so wish to open up adoption to single persons and same sex couples as long as the standards are fully met. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is not regulated.
Current: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Only heterosexual couples and singles may adopt children.
Current: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Proposed: Everyone may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:41:02, July 03, 2005 CET | From |  Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | This one ought to be a complex vote! |
| Date | 16:41:32, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | I'd support nr 1, but can't support nr 2, sorry. |
| Date | 16:44:09, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | That's why I thought it would be complex! If the votes don't come, I'll propose another bill with the first one alone. |
| Date | 16:50:32, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | I think that "Adoption is regulated by private, recognised organisations." - this would be nice, the government would have control over them anyway and the standard of those organisations would be higher than if they were public. "Only heterosexual couples and singles may adopt children." - I like it the way it is. |
| Date | 17:48:51, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | If singles can adopt, then gay couples simply apply as indiduals. Only one of them would be a legal guardian - so trouble if that one dies etc. Creates a confusing setup. And private regulators are no better than the state doing it if the state wishes to have any control. They would basically be a rubber-stamp. I favour doing many things outside of government. But being a regulator is one with few arguments for it. |
| Date | 18:58:32, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | I believe that means that only hetero singles can adopt kids and gays can't. |
| Date | 23:16:24, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | I have an idea - let's sell babies on the market! Heil Capitalism! [/sarcasm] |
| Date | 23:17:11, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | Anyone read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"? |
| Date | 23:52:40, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Adoption |
| Message | CPE, we all agree humans ain't for sale... unless they are footballers ;) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 405 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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