Legislative Bill · Belvaria
Failed

Religious Protection Act of 2022

Proposed by Amish League · fronted by Lena Jung
Failing
blocked by Federal Chancellor
Opened
12 Apr 2022
Voting closes
11 Jun 2022
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

These changes will change baseless unconstitutional laws to protect the religious views of Belvaria's citizens by cutting out legal protections for hateful behavior against those with different beliefs, and by allowing public officials to express their faith.

Proposed Changes

1

Blasphemy Law
Previous law
Explicit legal right to criticise religion
No blasphemy law

2

Religious Symbols in Public Institutions
Previous law
Officials neutral; citizens free
Full accommodation of religious symbols

Timeline

  • Draft
    12 April 2022


  • Vote Open
    12 April 2022


  • Vote Closed
    11 June 2022


  • Did Not Become Law
    11 June 2022

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Federal Council

Passed
33Yes 25No 12Not voted 70 seats

For: 33 / 70 seats (47.1%)

Against: 25 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 12

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 56.9%)
Party Seats Vote
Amish League Proposer 33 Yes
Belvarian Forward League 0 Yes
Liberty For Belvaria! 12 No
Together We Can 13 No

National Parliament

Failed
188Yes 206No 106Not voted 500 seats

For: 188 / 500 seats (37.6%)

Against: 206 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 106

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 47.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Amish League Proposer 188 Yes
Belvarian Forward League 0 Yes
Liberty For Belvaria! 73 No
Together We Can 133 No
Empty seats 73 Not voted

Federal Chancellor

Failed
0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 1 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Liberty For Belvaria! 1 No

President

Passed
1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Amish League Proposer 1 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Together We Can
Voted April 29, 2022
No

“This would both reduce the citizens' civil rights and also undermine the secular nature of the liberal democracy we cherish.”

Liberty For Belvaria!
Voted April 24, 2022
No

“When debate and discussion is stifled under the moniker of blasphemy, society backslides into a degenerate stew of low intelligence.”

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