Wrong Perceptions

                A previous attempt to legalize divorce in the Philippines was made in the year 2001-2004. And recently, yet again, divorce was discussed in the congress back in 2005. It stopped for a while but then it 2011, again, the study on legalization of such issue was revamped by the congress. Even though the Church does not support the government, divorce was always in the minds of the people. They have been, constantly thinking of it even though it was not fully allowed by the church. Divorce made a lot of lives better in the United States, and more complicated. There are two ways of looking at things, positively and negatively. Divorce may either be accepted by a community and they would look upon it as a new start or it may also be looked upon in a very negative light. The positive outlook belongs to the government, while the negative light is looked upon by the Church. As you all know, I am for divorce and yet I still constantly look at the side of the opposition. To better understand a side, one should look into the other side, as well. Contradictory takes make a lot of people who are for divorce more aware in the progress of this bill. In debates, to further support one’s idea, a person should look into its negative side.

“Preposterous law” “Anti-Catholicism” “not value oriented” are such strong words that were used to describe the Divorce bill by the Church. This may be used to tackle further the divorce bill. Preposterous means contrary to nature. It a way to disregard the status quo, it is going against “what is”. This law may be described as such but it is not going against nature, it is going against the Church and going with the will of the people. It cannot be described as such because the world does not revolve among the elderly, among the traditional members of society but it is purely democratic and the democracy is nature. If more than half of the Filipinos voted for divorce, it does not necessarily mean that divorce is going against nature; it is solely going against the Church. Next is “Anti-Catholicism” and “Not value oriented”. This solely means that it is against the Catholic beliefs; I do believe that it is against Catholicism but it does not necessarily mean that it is not value oriented. The Church has been engraving in our brains that Divorce will make the people not value oriented. It depends on the person if he or she will let go of his or her other values upon making the decision to divorce one’s spouse. Let us see different examples of values. Respectable, trustworthy, loyal and well-organized, a person can be all these and it does not solely connect to divorce. A person can engage in divorce but can still keep their values intact. A person can still be Catholic, even though he or she engaged in Divorce. It is not like everyone is not doing it in other countries; it is simply opening one’s mind to the idea of a new life and breaking away from all negativity and hurt.