Matthew 5:32

For those who cannot separate church from law, please know that divorce is in the Bible. It is allowed. But only for one reason: "marital unfaithfulness" or sexual immorality.

But the Bible also says that just because you're divorced doesn't mean you can marry again, as these verses testify: 

Matthew 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. (NIV)
Matthew 19:9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery. (NIV)

            This is a very interesting passage from the bible. Divorce is not allowed but if one of the couple is unfaithful, legal separation is allowed. But the issue of marriage is not fully accepted by the Christian beliefs. With this passage found in one of the e-forums about divorce online, we can already tackle the issue of the Church against divorce. The Church thinks that it is not Christian to accept Divorce in our society, much like abortion and the use of contraceptives. Divorce is a dreadful thing because it goes against the bible and its teachings. What have we have here, we have a passage that completely contradicts their idea! Just as long as one of the couple is unfaithful, it is considered to be adultery and it is considered to be reasonable for turning to Divorce. Upon having an idea that God “allows” divorce as long as there is a valid reason, it completely contradicts the teachings of the Church in a way that the nullity of marriage that went through the holy sacrament of matrimony, is a grave sin. This grave sin will then bring people to hell. There is a big problem in knowing what is morally accepted or what is morally right. In this passage, divorce because of unfaithfulness Is morally accepted, but for the church it is morally wrong, or simply immoral. Morality is such a vague thing to tackle for it concerns a person’s own perception what morality is. Sometimes it makes people abusive of their power to decide for themselves, or sometimes people may take things like morality for granted. In the Philippines, the legalization of divorce is a huge thing because it completely breaks the status quo. It completely eradicates Christian beliefs and it completely destroys the sacrament of matrimony. This makes the Church panic for they have tried their very best to keep the Philippines anti-divorce, and now, women and men are actually considering divorce to be implemented in the society. This makes them react violently simply because they have firmly believed in their own moral conceptions and the Bible. What they don’t know is that there is such passage that completely contradicts their belief as a believer in God. Will this help them consider divorce or will these further fuel negative reactions from the Church?

            Divorce as cliché is it may possible sound is pro-choice. Again, it solely depends on the person if he or she will turn to divorce. The Church should just be a guidance on the values of Filipinos, not a hindrance for the Filipino people to discover life itself.