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Bill: School reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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 2325
Description[?]:
| While we respect that individuals are free to practice their personal beliefs, care must be made in the establishment and recognition of religious schools. We thus propose that the Dept of Ed and Culture permit only those religions which are recognized by the government to establish schools. Parents remain free to homeschool their children or otherwise instruct them in other religious beliefs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:04:37, December 04, 2006 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | It should not be the place of the government to choose which religions we recognize and which we don't. Who are we to tell people that their beliefs are legitimate or not? |
| Date | 23:44:58, December 04, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | I suppose as long as the schools are regulated, then I don't think it matters. |
| Date | 15:54:04, December 05, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | We are not limiting what people choose to beleive in, just what religions are free to establish schools to educate our children. There are some practices which encourage exploitation of our children or other detestable practices. Others are strictly money grabbing rackets and thus should be limited in their expansion to those adults who are free to make informed choices. Children should not be exposed to such "religions". |
| Date | 20:19:36, December 05, 2006 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | If the state decided to strip Gejara of its official status, would you still be in favor of this law? A good rule of thumb when writing laws is to never legislate that which you would not want applied to yourself. |
| Date | 00:24:49, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | Should the state strip Geraja of its official status, we would expect the responsible party to feel the effect come next election. This bill is to create public accountability of who we have teaching our children. We cannot see parents having an issue with this. |
| Date | 01:36:46, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Faithful Believers Of Malivia | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | Thanks to the PP for bringing that in again. We support it... |
| Date | 14:50:07, December 06, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the School reform |
| Message | The PP assumes that the majority of Malivians support Geraja as a religion. That is not the case. Anyway, it is a fine line between determining what should be a 'recognized religion', and also preventing thousands of new start up schools under a guise of a religion but in fact possibly a cult. That said, reluctantly voting yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 50 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 48 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 102 |
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