Civil Rights Act of 2014 (Passed)

[HagridOfTheDeep]

All right. No one said anything, so here's a suggested solution. Maybe it's too generous. I also fixed some spelling issues.

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[Senator Cris]

Sponsored for you.

[bore]

Senators have 36 hours to object to Cris's amendment

[TNF]

Amendment is friendly.

[Bacon King]

I think this is finally passable - well crafted compromise everyone

[Cranberry]

Yes indeed, I guess we can all live with this proposal.

[TNF]

I motion for a final vote.

[bore]

Cris's amendment has been adopted.

I'm ready for a final vote.

[Senator Cris]

I'm ready.

[Cranberry]

Me too.

[bore]

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Senators a final vote is now open on this bill, please vote aye nay or abstain

[SWE]

Aye

[Senator Cris]

Aye

[windjammer]

I prefer to abstain. I support most of the part of this bill (against sexual harassment,...) but considering I motioned to table the initial bill, voting Aye would be quite contradictory.

[TNF]

I prefer to abstain. I support most of the part of this bill (against sexual harassment,...) but considering I motioned to table the initial bill, voting Aye would be quite contradictory.

This is a nonsensical reason to not vote for this bill.

[TNF]

Aye

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I prefer to abstain. I support most of the part of this bill (against sexual harassment,...) but considering I motioned to table the initial bill, voting Aye would be quite contradictory.

Yeah, you really need to find a way to stop yourself from getting hung up over weird little things.

[windjammer]

Yes, with some reflexion, that's stupid:
AYE

[Lief 🗽]

Aye

[HagridOfTheDeep]

How much is Section 3.5 supposed to cost?

Truth be told, I left it vague because I knew no one would get me any figures and it left sufficient room for interpretation. Technically speaking, "grants for the purpose of..." could mean the government shells out $100 or the full cost of the whole project. It could also mean paying $20 for a sign that looks like this:




In my opinion, the bill leaves a good amount of discretion to the Department of Internal Affairs. But maybe I'm biased. Either way, I don't think section 3.5 has to cost a fortune.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

AYE

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

You're seriously saying schools and workplaces can't prohibit daisy dukes as a matter of civil rights?  What do racial and gender quotas, irrespective of the number of qualified applicants, have to do with highway funding?

I urge the President to veto this absurd legislation should it pass.

[bore]

Aye

You're seriously saying schools and workplaces can't prohibit daisy dukes as a matter of civil rights?  What do racial and gender quotas, irrespective of the number of qualified applicants, have to do with highway funding?

I urge the President to veto this absurd legislation should it pass.

It doesn't have anything to do with highway funding, but then neither does the alcohol age.

[TNF]

You're seriously saying schools and workplaces can't prohibit daisy dukes as a matter of civil rights?  What do racial and gender quotas, irrespective of the number of qualified applicants, have to do with highway funding?

I urge the President to veto this absurd legislation should it pass.

Prohibiting short shorts on girls out of fear that wearing them will somehow provoke the animal urges of their male peers is sexism, pure and simple. Rather than caving into sexism, we should be teaching young men to view women not as sex objects, but as fellow human beings. I don't think that's absurd at all. Nor do I think that correcting for past injustices by diversifying the federal hiring pool is in anyway absurd.

What is absurd, of course, is pretending that this legislation is anything other than a moderate reform, negotiated by all members of this esteemed chamber. This is nowhere near as radical as I'd have wanted, but it's a great bill and if the President vetoes it, I'm going to motion that we overturn that veto.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

You're seriously saying schools and workplaces can't prohibit daisy dukes as a matter of civil rights?  What do racial and gender quotas, irrespective of the number of qualified applicants, have to do with highway funding?

I urge the President to veto this absurd legislation should it pass.

I think there are ways to be productive about your concern without slandering the entire piece of legislation. A redraft altering the language in question could have a very real chance of passing.

That being said, our society usually expects a higher standard of care for matters related to children, so a non-discriminatory dress code at school could also probably qualify for an exemption.