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Bill: recognizing marriages
Details
Submitted by[?]: Elite Sinn Fein
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: November 2339
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign marriages.
Old value:: No foreign marriages are recognised.
Current: All foreign marriages are recognised, regardless of domestic policy regarding marriage.
Proposed: Only foreign marriages that comply with domestic policy regarding marriage are recognised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government does not involve itself in marriage or civil unions.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:06:22, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Paraplu party | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | I'm not so sure... like Liam said, we don't even recognize local ones! |
| Date | 06:39:12, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Elite Sinn Fein | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | But foreignors are different. We can choose whether or not to recognize local ones because they are our people, but immigrants are not, they are someone else's people untill they become a nationalized citizen.If another nation recognizes local marriages and their people come over here, then we should recognize their marriages also. |
| Date | 08:12:59, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Elite Sinn Fein | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | There, I changed it, some. Strike everything previous of this post off the record. This is now a bill to recognize all marirages. |
| Date | 20:48:58, January 03, 2007 CET | From | Paraplu party | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | Yay! Marrage is an essential part of the life and health of socioty, so I support it. |
| Date | 06:36:40, January 04, 2007 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | Marriage is a religious institution. Government is a secular institution. The two should NOT clash in any way. |
| Date | 19:26:27, January 04, 2007 CET | From | Paraplu party | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | It is not necessarily religious. In fact, many atheists marry every day. Also, it can be a sign of love, or whatever you want it to be. |
| Date | 02:08:57, January 05, 2007 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the recognizing marriages |
| Message | "or whatever you want it to be." Good, I want it treated as a religious institution. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 13 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 87 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons." - Letter to the editor, the Advocate |