Northeast Assembly Thread

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Voting has now closed on the Bill...

With 3 Ayes and 2 Nays the Bill has passed.

[Rowan]

Aye ftr

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Due to the expansion of government and tax raises, I, as Governor of the Northeast, hereby veto the Wind Farm Bill

Governor Han

[Antonio the Sixth]

Due to the expansion of government and tax raises, I, as Governor of the Northeast, hereby veto the Wind Farm Bill

Governor Han

Once again, ideology prevails over common sense in the Northeast. Sorry Polnut, you lost the bet.

[Rowan]

I think we can get an override with this.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Due to the expansion of government and tax raises, I, as Governor of the Northeast, hereby veto the Wind Farm Bill

Governor Han

Once again, ideology prevails over common sense in the Northeast. Sorry Polnut, you lost the bet.

Oh ye of little faith

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

We will now be considering Rep Morgan's

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I move that the Bill be considered... all in favour say 'aye', I think the 'ayes' have it.

Representatives will have 48 hours to debate this Bill, Representative Morgan, can you please speak to your Bill.

[tpfkaw]

I support this bill.

[Free Palestine]

Hi Bill.  Nice to meet you.

Oh, wait...

This bill is of great personal importance.  The name you all know me by is not legally my name.  As early as the first or second grade, in elementary school, I disliked my legal name.  I first could not get it changed because of my age, and even now that I am no longer a minor, I still cannot get it changed for practical reasons, due to the whole process of getting a name change, which to my knowledge requires court dates and other legal nonsense.

If all I needed to do was fill out a form and drop it off, I could change my name without my father knowing, and actually be happy.

Besides my personal reasons for sponsoring this bill, I believe that everyone should have a name of their own choosing.  The legal system has no right to interfere in any way, unless it causes tangible harm to others.

I believe that this same process outlined in the bill should be applied to marriage, in complete fairness.  The process to change one's name after marriage should not be easier or harder, than simply getting a name change because you feel like it.

Finally, I hope the Assembly will support the final point of this bill.  It has no legal effect -- it is only a resolution by the Assembly.  Women should, of course, be able to take whatever name they want, but too many people take a very traditionalist point of view, that women should even be forced to take their partner's surname.  We should make a simple statement, expressing that women of the Northeast have this right, and that, furthermore, men have the right to take their partner's last name.

[Rowan]

I see no issue with this bill.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I don't see a huge issue with it, although a little side note that you seem to object to any public funds going to virtually anything, yet you advocate the public purse being used to subsidise the fees... that's more amusing for me than anything else.

I'll have a couple of more thoughtful questions a bit later.

[Free Palestine]

I don't see a huge issue with it, although a little side note that you seem to object to any public funds going to virtually anything, yet you advocate the public purse being used to subsidise the fees... that's more amusing for me than anything else.

I'll have a couple of more thoughtful questions a bit later.

I don't object to all public funding, and it's a simple filing fee.

[Psychic Octopus]

I too see no major issue with the bill, although I would like to create an amendment to the bill for the Assembly.

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Reason being that I think a parent should have some input as to whether their son/daughter changes their surname, and I don't think it would be prudent to "shock" a parent in this fashion after learning that their child had changed the name they gave them.

[Free Palestine]

What if the age were raised to sixteen?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I would think anyone under the age of 18 should have parental consent... that's the age of legal emancipation.

[Free Palestine]

Fine, fine.  NiK's amendment is acceptable.  Though, I'd propose that the provision be that permission of one parent or guardian is required...or is that a generally accepted base requirement?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I think 'one' parent could be a recipe for disaster, with so many divorced families I can see some serious potential issues from this one.

Do we even have a legal definition of 'parental consent'?

[Free Palestine]

Well, regardless, I find the amendment permissible.  We can leave any specificnesses out.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

48 Hours has now passed, we will now move, assuming the Rep considers Rep Sbane's amendment as friendly, to vote on the Bill in it's entirety.

Please vote Aye or Nay

Vote will close in 24 hours.

[tpfkaw]

Aye

[Sbane]

Aye

[Rowan]

Aye

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Aye

[Free Palestine]

Aye

[Psychic Octopus]

Aye