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Right to Learn about Evolution
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: Saint Lucius Malfoy
Description: REGRETTING the threat to human rights which is the suppression of learning about evolutionary theory;
AWARE that some of causes of this suppression are political and/or religious based fears that evolution is an alternative to belief in a deity;
NOTING that many religions do not feel threatened by evolutionary theory. Furthermore it is unlikely that God is so malevolent as to plant evidence that our planet is aged 3.5 billion years;
EMPHASIZING the United Nations must collectively discourage the suppression of this grand unifying theme called evolutionary theory. Teachers of the idea should also be free from imprisonment and persecution.
CLARIFIES it is not the intention of this proposal to enforce a curriculum upon nations which have varied cultural and societal tastes. Specifically a nation may decide to not include evolutionary theory in the classroom because a lack of interest by teachers and/or students. This will not be interpreted by the UN as evidence of suppression. Suppression is defined as written laws preventing the teaching of evolutionary theory or punishing those who teach it.
MANDATES a strong symbolical disapproval against any member state that persists to physically imprison / punish teachers or students for engaging in evolutionary studies.
REITERATES the need for member nations to allow students to learn about evolutionary theory;
ASKS member nations work with world leaders to prevent the suppression of evolutionary theory in the classroom.
Votes For: 962
Votes Against: 254
[Delegate Votes]
Voting Ends: Sun May 8 2005 |
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Not that I see anything against teaching evolution, I just dont see how it is an international issue. |
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I agree for the same reasons.
It's also the view of the Bettian ambassador that this resolution is very badly worded.
"Furthermore it is unlikely that God is so malevolent as to plant evidence that our planet is aged 3.5 billion years"
What the hell is that supposed to mean? 
This post has been edited by Bettia on May 4 2005, 09:49 AM |
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Lamoni votes AGAINST |
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We hate doing something that religion may actually like, but this proposal doesn't make sense at the international level. Legalese votes AGAINST. |
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| QUOTE (Abattoir @ May 4 2005, 02:15 PM) | | CLARIFIES it is not the intention of this proposal to enforce a curriculum upon nations which have varied cultural and societal tastes. Specifically a nation may decide to not include evolutionary theory in the classroom because a lack of interest by teachers and/or students. This will not be interpreted by the UN as evidence of suppression. Suppression is defined as written laws preventing the teaching of evolutionary theory or punishing those who teach it. |
This is what gets my vote, actually. Don't supress evolution, but you don't have to teach it. Brilliant, every resolution needs one of these  |
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Latao, as a country that seperates state and church, we support the proposal. Said proposal is already an implemented law standard in the Confederacy. |
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Nedalia Abstains from this, as it does not matter either way. We are not suprised, however, that Latao decided to support despite the rest of the nations who have voted going against it.  |
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Latao against the World.
But we will go our way with the Head high! |
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Delegate votes NO as per regional decision. |
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That's why we don't like the UN. It lacks so much democracy. There's a good proposal and then one schlong votes against it. |
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OCC: Oh, forgot that.
I stay away from the UN anaway ;-) |
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