by Luxis » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:58 am
The Imperial Diet and Faith: Should there be a separation?
Mordusia's two fledgling political movements, the Ceasarion League and Alliance Res Publica, have been engaged in recent months over a shocking proposal aimed at reforming the nation's religious system. The Ceasarion League's proposal titled 'Separation of Church and State' seeks to break the vast majority of ties the state currently maintains with the Church, including the payment of several key offices and the abolishment of the state's governing faith, the Holy Church of Mordusia.
In a particularly caustic debate between the parties, Alliance Res Publica accused the bill of moving Mordusia towards "a sea of greed and destruction." While also making overtures that the proposal was evil, the Ceasarion League has countered that they simply seek to maintain a viewpoint that every man's faith is his own. As the League put it "government is [h]ere to serve man, and man chooses to believe in any religion."
Faith has always been a pressure point in Mordusian politics. Recent polling indicates a majority of Mordusians favor some form of establishment of faith from the government; however, the dissent to these measures is very strong and not to be ignored, as the current debate holds.
While no official comment has come from the Emperor, Henry II, observers expect this to be a challenge at the monarchy maintaining its legitimacy in the eyes of the people. With the Ceasarion League remaining oddly quiet on the overall issue of the Head of State, and rumblings within Alliance Res Publica, it will be up to his majesty to quiet these fears through due diligence. It should be noted that the Ceasarion League did propose measures recently that would have stripped the Emperor from appointed local mayors and other leaders, instead yielding those to local elections. This is seen as a key power of the Emperor, for it enables him to have representatives of the Crown locally, throughout the nation.
Alliance Res Public (Mordusia) - Inactive
United Katub Reformers (Beiteynu) - Active