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Bill: Secularisation bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leftsocialist Party
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: September 2322
Description[?]:
| This bill will promote a secular civil and political society while at the same time respecting the freedom to exercise religious beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religions shall be regulated by the law, but shall be borne by the religious communities themselves.
Article 2
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 forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:49:26, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Secularisation bill |
| Message | We support this under the proviso that teacher led prayer be allowed in religious schools, but banned in public schools. |
| Date | 16:06:53, December 01, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Secularisation bill |
| Message | The first seems absurd. the government decides what an individual shall be paid yet forces they payment from another source. We dislike unfunded mandates from the government. The second bill fails to consider the effect religion can have on a student's life. Some students need this form of guidance to provide sense or meaning to their life. The local schools are the best judges of the needs of their students thus we feel that the decision should be left to the local level. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 99 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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