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Bill: Religious Education Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative Party
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: June 2339
Description[?]:
| The NCP thinks only recognised religion, meaning religions with a certain amount of followers, should be allowed to set up religious schools and the issue of school prayer should be left to individual schools to decide. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Article 2
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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:46:14, January 01, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | PRIsm strongly opposes Article 1. The government has absolutely no business recognizing certain religions over others. |
| Date | 05:04:06, January 02, 2007 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | We oppose all articles. |
| Date | 00:34:49, January 03, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | The NCP rejects the PRI's notion that the government has no right to recognise certain religions over others. We cannot allow our crazy crackpot to start a religion and get the financial and organisational benefits acrued to religions. The state must operate some form of recognition process taking into account popularity, culture, traditional, and history. |
| Date | 01:48:38, January 03, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | As far as we know, under the legislation, no benefits are extended to religion over any other organisation, and neither do we believe there should be. These "crackpots" have no reason to start religions and we reject the idea that religion should be given any kind of special status in Ikradon. |
| Date | 02:33:19, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Centrist Democrats | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Dear friends of the NCP, talking about priviliges that "crackpots" can get, you are just about creating them. There are none so far. Religions are taxed, their educational work is regulated and they don't get any public money. You want to solve a problem that is not existent, or you want to limit religious freedom under this old conservative "strange fishy crackpot exploits too tolerant society" pretext. |
| Date | 20:07:23, January 03, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Education Reform Bill |
| Message | Religions are allowed to build and operate their own schools. We deem the education of our child as a priviledge even though the LDRP does not. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 329 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 396 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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