Needless Celebrations Removal Bill

[Q]

Needless Celebrations Removal Bill
Sponsor: Sen. MasterJedi

Section 1: Purpose
1. This bill's aim is to remove ethnic-based, corporation-focused, and unnecessary holidays from Atlasian law, and for other purposes.

Section 2: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
1. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 102 is hereby repealed.

Section 3: Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
1. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 104 is hereby repealed.

Section 4: Constitution Week
1. Constitution Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 108 is hereby repealed.

Section 5: Flag Day
1. Flag Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 110 is hereby repealed.

Section 6: Honor America Days
1. The Honor America Days celebration is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 112 is hereby repealed.

Section 7: Leif Erikson Day
1. Leif Erikson Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 114 is hereby repealed.

Section 8: Loyalty Day
1. Loyalty Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 115 is hereby repealed.

Section 9: National Day of Prayer
1. The National Day of Prayer is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 119 is hereby repealed.

Section 10: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
1. National Disability Employment Awareness Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 121 is hereby repealed.

Section 11: National Flag Week
1. National Flag Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 122 is hereby repealed.

Section 12: National Forest Products Week
1. National Forest Products Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 123 is hereby repealed.

Section 13: National Hispanic Heritage Month
1. National Hispanic Heritage Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 126 is hereby repealed.

Section 14: National School Lunch Week
1. National School Lunch Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 132 is hereby repealed.

Section 15: National Transportation Week
1. National Transportation Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 133 is hereby repealed.

Section 16: Pan American Aviation Day
1. Pan American Aviation Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 134 is hereby repealed.

Section 17: Parents' Day
1. Parents' Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 135 is hereby repealed.

Section 18: Save Your Vision Week
1. Save Your Vision Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 138 is hereby repealed.

Section 19: Steelmark Month
1. Steelmark Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 139 is hereby repealed.

Section 20: Stephen Foster Memorial Day
1. Stephen Foster Memorial Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 140 is hereby repealed.

Section 21: Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
1. Thomas Jefferson's Birthday is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 141 is hereby repealed.

Section 22: White Cane Safety Day
1. White Cane Safety Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 142 is hereby repealed.

Section 23: Wright Brothers Day
1. Wright Brothers Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 143 is hereby repealed.

Section 24: Removal of Behavior Restrictions During a Performance of the National Anthem
1. (b) Conduct During Playing from Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 301 is repealed.

Section 25: Recognition of Atlasian Motto

Subsection 1: Findings
1. F.L. 9-8, Atlasian Symbols Act, states that after a vote is held on a choice between ten proposed mottos, the winning motto will become the official motto of Atlasia.
2. On December 21, 2005, then-Secretary of Forum Affairs Q certified the winning proposed motto to be ``Ad astra per aspera'', replacing ``In God we trust.''

Subsection 2: Repeal of Conflicting Law
1. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 302 is repealed; subsequent sections are appropriately renumbered.
2. Chapter 3 of the U.S. Code, Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A is renamed "NATIONAL ANTHEM, FLORAL EMBLEM, AND MARCH."

[Platypus]

Keep Leif Erikson day if you're keeping Columbus Day. Otherwise, no problems from my corner.

[Ebowed]

Keep Leif Erikson day if you're keeping Columbus Day. Otherwise, no problems from my corner.

We already abolished Columbus Day

[Yates]

I have no objections.

[© tweed]

Evidently, the whackjob libertarian Atlasian government hates workers.

[jerusalemcar5]

I'd just like to say, since American holiday trashing is quite popular in the Senate, that making major distinction between the U.S. and Atlasia is bad.  Everything Atlasia does is based on the U.S. and its people.  Many of these holidays, like MLK, and others honor some greats for which Atlasia as we know it today would not exist.  Granted, some of these, like "School Lunch Week", are stupid anyway, but others like "Asian-American Heritage Month" are not.  I hope at least a senator will see this and vote nay.

[TomC]

I'm kind of partial to Loyalty Day.

[Keystone Phil]

No complaints here.

[Ebowed]

but others like "Asian-American Heritage Month" are not

Why should we continue to foster racial polarization in Atlasia by honoring the achievements of certain people differently depending on the skin color of the people in question?

[minionofmidas]

Somebody introduce an amendment to repeal all non-Atlasian based holidays, including Christmas and Easter, please.

[Platypus]

including Christmas

Whoa, pony.

Christmas might be a religious holiday and everything, but it is as much, if not moreso, a cultural holiday, and deeply ingrained in Atlasian life.

[minionofmidas]

including Christmas

Whoa, pony.

Christmas might be a religious holiday and everything, but it is as much, if not moreso, a cultural holiday, and deeply ingrained in Atlasian life.

I do not mind the fact that it is a religious holiday at all. It is, however, not a native Atlasian holiday, being Italian (Roman) in origin.
If we want religious holidays, they should be related to Atlasian religions. Heartrending Departure of PD Day for the Church of PD, something related to the establishment of their cult for the Leipian Methodists. [/tongue in cheek]

[jerusalemcar5]

but others like "Asian-American Heritage Month" are not

Why should we continue to foster racial polarization in Atlasia by honoring the achievements of certain people differently depending on the skin color of the people in question?

I don't believe it is racial polarization.  Honoring the achievements of a group of people doesn't polarize them just as honoring a group of firefighters doesn't polarize them; it is nice.  Racial polarization occurs when a race is dishonored.

[Ebowed]

Honoring the achievements of a group of people doesn't polarize them just as honoring a group of firefighters doesn't polarize them; it is nice.

Being a firefighter is an occupation.  Having a darker skin color is not.

[jerusalemcar5]

Honoring the achievements of a group of people doesn't polarize them just as honoring a group of firefighters doesn't polarize them; it is nice.

Being a firefighter is an occupation.  Having a darker skin color is not.

It's a group of people.  Like an ethnicity.  Having a different skin color is only part of that group's identity.  We separate people for all sorts of different reasons: occupation, religion, race, ethnicity, and a host of others.  I see no reason why not to honor their achievements.

[WMS]

including Christmas

Whoa, pony.

Christmas might be a religious holiday and everything, but it is as much, if not moreso, a cultural holiday, and deeply ingrained in Atlasian life.

I do not mind the fact that it is a religious holiday at all. It is, however, not a native Atlasian holiday, being Italian (Roman) in origin.
If we want religious holidays, they should be related to Atlasian religions. Heartrending Departure of PD Day for the Church of PD, something related to the establishment of their cult for the Leipian Methodists. [/tongue in cheek]

There's some humor potential here.

[MasterJedi]

This is re-introduced.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up the final vote on this bill. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

Section 1: Purpose
1. This bill's aim is to remove ethnic-based, corporation-focused, and unnecessary holidays from Atlasian law, and for other purposes.

Section 2: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
1. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 102 is hereby repealed.

Section 3: Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
1. Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 104 is hereby repealed.

Section 4: Constitution Week
1. Constitution Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 108 is hereby repealed.

Section 5: Flag Day
1. Flag Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 110 is hereby repealed.

Section 6: Honor America Days
1. The Honor America Days celebration is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 112 is hereby repealed.

Section 7: Leif Erikson Day
1. Leif Erikson Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 114 is hereby repealed.

Section 8: Loyalty Day
1. Loyalty Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 115 is hereby repealed.

Section 9: National Day of Prayer
1. The National Day of Prayer is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 119 is hereby repealed.

Section 10: National Disability Employment Awareness Month
1. National Disability Employment Awareness Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 121 is hereby repealed.

Section 11: National Flag Week
1. National Flag Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 122 is hereby repealed.

Section 12: National Forest Products Week
1. National Forest Products Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 123 is hereby repealed.

Section 13: National Hispanic Heritage Month
1. National Hispanic Heritage Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 126 is hereby repealed.

Section 14: National School Lunch Week
1. National School Lunch Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 132 is hereby repealed.

Section 15: National Transportation Week
1. National Transportation Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 133 is hereby repealed.

Section 16: Pan American Aviation Day
1. Pan American Aviation Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 134 is hereby repealed.

Section 17: Parents' Day
1. Parents' Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 135 is hereby repealed.

Section 18: Save Your Vision Week
1. Save Your Vision Week is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 138 is hereby repealed.

Section 19: Steelmark Month
1. Steelmark Month is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 139 is hereby repealed.

Section 20: Stephen Foster Memorial Day
1. Stephen Foster Memorial Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 140 is hereby repealed.

Section 21: Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
1. Thomas Jefferson's Birthday is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 141 is hereby repealed.

Section 22: White Cane Safety Day
1. White Cane Safety Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 142 is hereby repealed.

Section 23: Wright Brothers Day
1. Wright Brothers Day is hereby abolished.
2. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 143 is hereby repealed.

Section 24: Removal of Behavior Restrictions During a Performance of the National Anthem
1. (b) Conduct During Playing from Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 301 is repealed.

Section 25: Recognition of Atlasian Motto

Subsection 1: Findings
1. F.L. 9-8, Atlasian Symbols Act, states that after a vote is held on a choice between ten proposed mottos, the winning motto will become the official motto of Atlasia.
2. On December 21, 2005, then-Secretary of Forum Affairs Q certified the winning proposed motto to be ``Ad astra per aspera'', replacing ``In God we trust.''

Subsection 2: Repeal of Conflicting Law
1. Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 302 is repealed; subsequent sections are appropriately renumbered.
2. Chapter 3 of the U.S. Code, Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A is renamed "NATIONAL ANTHEM, FLORAL EMBLEM, AND MARCH."

[MasterJedi]

Aye

[Bacon King]

Aye.

[Keystone Phil]

Aye

[Democratic Hawk]

Aye

'Hawk'

[Gabu]

Eh.  Abstain.

[ilikeverin]

Abstain

Holidays are too much fun

[Yates]

Aye.