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The last country in the world
to completely outlaw divorce is the Philippines. Now, however, a new
bill, House Bill 6027, is threatening the sanctity of marriage and
family life by introducing divorce in a predominantly Catholic country
(86%), seeking to permit divorce in the broad and undefined cases of
"irreconcilable differences" or "severe and chronic unhappiness". This
is but the latest attempt by anti-family legislators to sponsor a
divorce bill, the last being in 2016.
The bill is being sponsored by House Speaker Pantaleon
Alvarez, who, is himself, separated from his wife and in a relationship
with another woman, and who has reportedly
fathered eight children with different women. Mr. Alvarez is not alone
in his assault against marriage and family life. He is joined by fifteen
members of the Philippine government who co-authored the legislation.
To many people in the West it must seem like this is a news
story from a far-off, more backwards time. Surely - some would say - in
the 21st century we're past letting the government restrict grown adults
from making decisions about their own "private" love lives.
And yet, though this attitude is far-too-common now, it is
truly astonishing to think how recent the invention of no-fault divorce
even is, and how recently the vast majority of people understood that
divorcing one's spouse was not only morally wrong, but socially
destructive, impacting not just the couple choosing to divorce, but the
entire social fabric.
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Sincerely yours in Christ,
Father Shenan J. Boquet
President, Human Life International
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