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Bill: Non-discriminatory Adoptions
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
Status[?]: passed
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: March 2076
Description[?]:
| Sexual orientation is not a valid measure of suitability to adopt. All convicted paedophiles, as part of sentencing, automatically receive a life ban on adoption. Suitability of potential adopters will be ascertained through screening which does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Everyone may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:53:40, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | Can we exclude convicted pedophiles please. |
| Date | 03:38:12, July 04, 2005 CET | From | MLTP (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | We actually concur. The bill should set down guidlines for how one may qualify to adopt a child. That said, we support the spirit and intent of the bill 100%. |
| Date | 04:35:37, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | Certainly necessary legislation. Would the Equitista be amenable to allowing the birth mother to choose the adoptive parents? |
| Date | 05:16:25, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | We would question the intent of the proposal concerning the birth mother choosing the adoptive parents? Surely adoption is between the adopers and the child being adopted. The birth mother is already shown to be irresponsible by having a child in circumstances under which she has to give up the child for adoption, or she is not living or identified to make the choice. The adoptive parents, if approved, should be those that actually make the choice as to whether to adopt or not any specific child. We agree that specific conditions that are to be necessary to qualify as adopters should be in the bill, as requested by the MLTP |
| Date | 05:41:26, July 04, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | Again, how about a companion proposal for the adoption law. At present it is not regulated. If you want to prevent Paedophiles and the like, you could select "Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several test and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children." but we would prefer leaving the option to local governments. |
| Date | 14:05:06, July 04, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | The choices of proposals do not allow an option which is non-discriminatory on the basis of sexual orientation but discrimatory on other factors. Therefore this bill now carries an addendum regarding the sentencing of paedophiles. |
| Date | 22:14:22, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Democractic Socialist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | I'll change my vote to "yea" if you would please change the proposal to "Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several test and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.". |
| Date | 01:24:22, July 05, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | Unfortunately there isn't a proposal which says that, it relates only to the sexual orientation of potential adopters. However, we've added the line: "Suitability of potential adopters will be ascertained through screening which does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation." We hope that although this is not as specific as you would wish, you will appreciate that even this statement is bending the strict remit of the proposal. |
| Date | 05:25:25, July 05, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | There is another adoption proposal, I think thats what the DSP is talking about. |
| Date | 09:26:55, July 05, 2005 CET | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Non-discriminatory Adoptions |
| Message | Bah, tautology on some. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 334 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 18 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 98 |
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