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Bill: Hughes-Parker Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Agrarian Party of Mordusia
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 2316
Description[?]:
| Randall Hughes, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Andrew Parker, Minister of Education and Culture, call for a halt on the depiction and transmission of pornography. They said in a press conference that "the government should not allow the sale of immoral media in the neighbourhood of children," but that "nobody's going to check whether you actually own pornography or not." While some in the Capitalist Party have already expressed their doubts about the effectiveness and seriousness of the Act, party Leader William Hurles has agreed to grant his support for the Act. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Current: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Proposed: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Article 2
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: Sexually explicit material is not allowed, but nudity that is not sexually explicit is.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Proposed: Sexually explicit content or nudity may only be shown during hours that very few children watch television
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:10:45, November 17, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | We will not legislate morality according to a narrow worldview. |
| Date | 17:46:36, November 17, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | Narrow? Who is the GWP to judge? How consequent is a government that outlaws sexual intercourse in public but allows stores to display magazines depicting intercourse at the same time? |
| Date | 18:11:39, November 17, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Mordusian Party | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | Hell no. |
| Date | 01:15:48, November 18, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | We will not be lectured to by a party that puts profits over people and their freedom. |
| Date | 03:17:52, November 18, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | This bill is not even in favor of profit... |
| Date | 07:35:22, November 18, 2006 CET | From | Compassionate Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | I may not want it but I will fight for the right for others to do as they wish! |
| Date | 10:41:28, November 18, 2006 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Hughes-Parker Act |
| Message | This bill is restricting the freedoms of people to act as they will within the privacy of their own homes, and is an affront to Civil Liberties. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 294 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 345 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 111 |
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