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Bill: Adoption Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: July 2076
Description[?]:
| Legislation for adoption processes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is not regulated.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
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: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Everyone may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:25:02, July 04, 2005 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Alternatives: *Only heterosexual couples may adopt children. *Only heterosexual couples and singles may adopt children. *Only couples may adopt children. *Everyone may adopt children. Single parents can be just as, if not more successful in some cases, than couples and since divorce is legal (OOC: apparently), single parents are not unheard of. |
| Date | 15:31:54, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Alternatives (for Article 1, the above alts are for article 2): *Adoption is illegal *Regulated by recognised, private organisations *Local governments are in charge *The selected Since there would be some regulation involved in private organisations, we may as well do regulation on the parents. |
| Date | 16:03:47, July 04, 2005 CET | From | National Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Hm...we would suggest this "Only couples may adopt children" may be appreciated more among families in Baltusia, but otherwise we would agree. |
| Date | 21:45:21, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | We fully support both articles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 334 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 76 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." - Gandhi |