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Marriage has been a part of life since before the medieval times. For two people who
love each other and plan on spending the rest of their lives together, the natural instinct
is to make it legal and get married. Marriage is important to our society but in our
country our religion is strict of same sex marriage because our priest said that if we are
going to legalized the same sex marriage we are not respecting Jesus that’s why same
particularly a Roman Catholic nation. Although there is a separation of the church and
the state, the lawmakers of the Philippines consider morals derived from the Bible in
consider the fact that it is against Filipino culture, morals and tradition. Same-sex
If the Philippine government will legalize same-sex marriage, it would violate the
religious freedom and the long-held morals of the majority. Homosexuality is considered
a sin according to the Holy Bible as said in Leviticus 18:22 which says “Thou shalt not
lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination”. This would mean that gay
marriage is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. The issue of a person’s sexual
orientation should not be an issue. All men are created equal, so the right to marry
should also be the same. Philippine-centric also began to emerge during this
period. Further developments in gay literature and academic learning saw the first
Same sex marriage is hard to solve, because many conflict of the human rights so the
LGBT community said that listen to their different opinion and respect them what would
they like to do their lives, but many Filipinos are not ready to legalized same ex
stretching across all areas of the country and all religions, has expressed strong
opposition to the legalization of same-sex union. This was borne out by a survey
conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).Held from March 23 to 27 this year,
the survey results indicated that despite a recent show of openness of Philippine society
to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community, the idea of civil union
by individuals of the same sex remains highly unpopular in the country. It was thought
by some, particularly the LGBT community, that following the precedent-setting election
of the first transgender to Congress, the legalization of same-sex union would soon
follow.
Same sex marriage is argued that allowing same sex marriage would change the nature
of parenthood. Marriage is seen not only as a commitment of two people, but also as a
form of procreation. It is known fact that in order to procreate, both a man and woman
are needed. Instead, the SWS survey found that Philippine public opinion has hardly
budged. From virtually any angle, the Filipino polity appears not to be ready to support a
Instead, the SWS survey found that Philippine public opinion has hardly budged. From virtually
any angle, the Filipino polity appears not to be ready to support a law that would radically revise
marriage and family law in the statute books
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