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CBCP wants anti-discrimination bill cleansed of provisions on gay rights

 By Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer

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MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is now training its guns on the anti-discrimination bill, saying the possible enactment of the bill into law would open the door for the legalization of same sex marriages.

Speaking at a weekly forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, on Wednesday, lawyers of the CBCP and a Catholic bishop hit the Senate for amending the previous version of the anti-discrimination bill or the Senate Bill 2814.

The Senate has recently passed on third reading the bill which is after penalizing all forms of discrimination.

The SB 2814, known as Anti-Ethnic, Racial or Religious Discrimination and Profiling Act of 2011, will be discussed by a bicameral conference committee tasked to harmonize the Senate bill with similar bills passed by the House.

Ronald Reyes, a lawyer of the CBCP, said they had no qualms about the bill before but became concerned when the bill was amended and “sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity” were included.

“It’s opening the door for same sex marriages, which our country doesn’t allow,” Reyes told reporters.

He said the Catholic church, which would not officiate same sex marriages, might be punished if the bill became law.

“This is alarming and it might change our society,” Reyes said.

Another CBCP lawyer Jo Imbong said the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender) should not be considered the same as the elderly, the handicapped, and the poor.

“These people are disadvantaged not by their own choice. But the third sex, they choose this. How can you give protection to a choice like that?” Imbong said.

Imbong said the bill violated religious freedom and the “no prior restraint” accorded by the law to freedom of speech.

“The government may not penalize a religious organization for … excluding a person from Church responsibilities, for example, based upon that person’s moral behavior which could include the practice or promotion of homosexuality,” she said.

The bill would hinder the Church from teaching what it believed to be right or wrong, Imbong said.

The lawyer noted that under the bill, the priest who refused to officiate same sex marriages may be fined with P500,000 and jailed for 25 years.

Antipolo Bishop Gabriel Reyes said the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the CBCP has been appealing to the Senate and the House of Representatives to exclude the LGBT from the bill.

“… it might change our society.” - because, you know, how dare anyone try to change anything in this country when everyone is so happy and prosperous and life is so easy!

“the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender) should not be considered the same as the elderly, the handicapped, and the poor.” - when Jesus said ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself” he obviously meant NOT EVERYONE. because you know, how could anyone love LGBTs? They aren’t like every human person in this world!! 

“third sex, they choose this.”

Obviously LGBTs are exactly like that because they want to antagonize you. 

“the bill violated religious freedom”

religious freedom = freedom to discriminate against people whose existence prove you wrong, amirite?

“The lawyer noted that under the bill, the priest who refused to officiate same sex marriages may be fined with P500,000 and jailed for 25 years.”

In summary, my reactions:

I CAN’T WITH THIS. OTL.

cbcp, you make it so easy to dislike you. :/

A rant about Rhian Ramos’ alleged abortion of her and Mo Twister’s would’ve-been-baby. 

It’s her body. She can do whatever she wants with it. The abortion wasn’t illegal since it wasn’t done in the Philippines and the act is legal in Singapore. The morality is debatable, yes. Was it wrong? I don’t know. I can’t judge because I haven’t fully formed my opinion on whether life begins at fertilization/implantation/birth. There really is no clear cut answer to that. 

From the way Mo Twister’s video went, it seems that Rhian Ramos was pressured into having an abortion because of her situation - her career, her work environment, her family, etc. It’s saddening to think that she was forced into that decision and if she were, it’s probably agonizing for her to look back on it. So people, it doesn’t do anyone any good vilifying her and Mo Twister. You don’t know the real story behind what happened despite Mo Twister’s tell-all video. 

If she made that choice herself then it’s still no cause for anyone to call her a murderer. It was legal. It’s her body.

Some of you people act as if you’re sure they had unprotected sex knowing she would definitely get pregnant after. Newsflash! Women can get pregnant even if they’re on contraceptive pills or the guy is wearing a condom. Condoms break, pills don’t work 100%, people slip up. Shit happens. A lot of you will argue that they probably shouldn’t be having sex anyway. Well, that’s really not for you to say.

Some of you have brought up Andi Eigenmann saying that Rhian Ramos should’ve done what Andi did. Choose to bring up the child despite setbacks in her career, etc. They’re the same age, in the same industry, almost exactly in the same situation. If Andi Eigenmann could do it then so could Rhian Ramos! I hate to break it to you but people are different. Despite popular belief, people of the same age do not have the same emotional capacity and maturity. They don’t have the same the same support system no matter how much they appear to. Frankly, you shouldn’t even compare the two. 

The point is you have no right to judge Rhian Ramos and Mo Twister that way because you don’t know them. You don’t know the circumstances surrounding their lives, their decisions and their actions.They’re murderers? Yes? No? Maybe. According to the law they aren’t. So shut up and get off your moral high horse.

And to that person who released that video, you are a work of art. Thank you so much for allowing a girl be criticized and insulted for a choice she had the right to make. I wonder how long you debated on it! Really, thinking about how the word abortion would be attached to her name for a long time must’ve made it hard for you, eh? /sarcasm