Debate Against Divorce In The Philippines
The divorce bill was first filed by gabriela party list representative liza mazain 2005 re filed by the party list in 2010.
Debate against divorce in the philippines. 36 family code of the philippines minority lack of a marriage license and multiple. Divorce is better than having conflict in the fight in the. Hours before the voting at the lower house presidential spokesperson harry roque reiterated duterte s stance against it. Being a devout catholic i too have found myself against divorce.
Since i started biblical studies nothing in the bible that will tell you that god favored and felt better for divorce. As the divorce debate continues in the philippines it remains to be seen whether its leaders can persist in disregarding the feelings of the majority of its citizens on the matter amid reports of weakening influence on the part of the catholic church on political and moral matters in the country. These past weeks we 146 ve heard debates on whether or not divorce should be legalized in our country. In fact the philippines is the only country in the world besides the vatican that does not allow divorce mostly due to religion de leon 2014.
Generally there is no divorce in the philippines under the family code official gazette of the philippines e o 209 series of 1987 which allows only the declaration of nullity of marriage on the ground among others of psychological incapacity art. For a country such as the philippines where there is a huge christian population and being the only christian nation in asia divorce is regarded a taboo. Divorce in the philippines has been an issue for several years. The divorce rate in this country is approximately 50 and is seems to have become more commonplace that people are willing to get a divorce for a myriad of reasons instead of working things out.
There are some good arguments for couples staying together and there are a number of reasons that make a strong argument for divorce. Now if you are pro rh bill but anti divorce think again. Why i am against divorce in the philippines. It is not what god wants.
But the more i listen to. Divorce mostly comes in when couples have conflict and they have a problem divorce is one of the solution in separating couples for the wife and husband can have freedom. Inaprubahan sa house of representatives ang divorce bill. In this debate muslims are not included because under the shariah law they can have divorce in the philippines.
Bukod kasi sa vatican tayo na lang ang bansang hindi nagle legalize pa ng divorce. Bilang natitirang bansa kung saan hindi pa legal ang divorce mainit pa rin ang debate kung dapat bang ipasa batas ito. It was only allowed due to the hardheadedness of men. During the march 2016 presidential debates duterte has thumbed down divorce.
Little do people know that gabriela women s party has already proposed house bill no.