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Bill: Let's Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty
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: May 2312
Description[?]:
| the government's treatment of religon. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 2
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 does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
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, with no regulations.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:07, November 09, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Let's Reform |
| Message | There is no place for you barbaric athiest laws |
| Date | 07:12:37, November 10, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Let's Reform |
| Message | Funny, because that's just what the people support. |
| Date | 09:43:20, November 10, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Let's Reform |
| Message | Doesn't look like it..... |
| Date | 11:09:15, November 10, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Let's Reform |
| Message | Clear Majority: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewopinions.php?nationid=9#REL Religion Importance: dominant fanatical secular 11.68% extreme secular 11.98% convinced secular 11.56% moderate secular 9.52% secular-leaning 7.66% Secular= 52.4% religious-leaning 7.86% moderate religious 8.22% convinced religious 10.12% extreme religious 11.04% fanatical religious 10.36% Fanatic= 47.6% |
| Date | 19:45:59, November 10, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Let's Reform |
| Message | Typical leftist gerrymandering.... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 287 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 463 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "The trouble with communism is the communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians" - Henry Louis Mencken |