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Bill: Catholic Doctrine
Details
Submitted by[?]: Veritan Catholic Church
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 2311
Description[?]:
| Establishing the policies of the new party. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: All abortions are illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: Contraceptives are banned for religious reasons.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Proposed: Only divorces that comply with religious doctrine are legal.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Current: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Proposed: Nudity on television is banned.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, and membership is mandatory.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:05:50, November 08, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | An authoritarian policy, forcing the hand of the majority and making people live by the doctrine of a TINY minority of the nation. NO! |
| Date | 21:08:36, November 08, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawa Democratic Labour | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | Hear Hear! |
| Date | 14:06:32, November 09, 2006 CET | From |  Veritan Catholic Church | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | We won't be so tiny in the future ;-) |
| Date | 14:07:46, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Progressive Party | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | Religion doesn't spread just like that. You're going to be representing a tiny minority while taking the votes of conservative voters everywhere because there's no choice. |
| Date | 14:44:05, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Anti Egalitarian Alliance | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | I agree with more than I disagree with, so yes. We are though pro nucleur weapons. |
| Date | 15:48:29, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Kirlawan Popular Front | To | Debating the Catholic Doctrine |
| Message | We take the direct opposite stance on this to the KFRNFF - we would support anti-Nuke laws, but all of the rest is - to use a religious term - anathema. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 279 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 468 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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