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Importance Of Same Sex Marriage In The Philippines

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Marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband and wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognize by law. It is also a state of being united to person of different sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, n.d)

A lot of people living in this world fall in love and once in a while, they get married. But as of today, even same sex couple can get married in other countries like the United States of America.

As we think deep about it, should same-sex marriage or gay marriage be accepted in all countries? Should it be legalized especially in the Philippines as other people wanted to?

Same-sex unions in the Philippines started with lesbians in 1991 with Fr. Richard Mickley. In Baguio City, the first recorded same sex union was solemnized in 2003, benefiting a gay couple. (Lyn V. Ramos, 2011)

Regarding the said issue, several other churches in Baguio and Benguet condemned the holy union of same-sex couples. These include the Evangelical Christian Community Baguio and Benguet; Association of Metro Baguio Christian Ministers, Benguet Evangelical Association of Ministers, LA Trinidad Evangelical Association of Ministers and Good News Community Church besides the Catholic Church. Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani also considered same-sex marriages immoral and illegal by the Catholic Church and said that the ceremony is for mutual agreement, almost like a fake

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