Are you for or against the legalization of the Divorce Bill??

Sunday 26 June 2011

People Power

It’s time to move forward into the modern era and away from medieval times. It’s time to give women more 
protection, empowerment and a better chance of having a happier and more fulfilling married life.

                   It’s time to legalize divorce. Filipino women are fighting for this bill ever since the idea of freedom from abusive marriages occurred. In fact, the government is pushing through with almost legalizing the bill but something is stopping them from doing so, and this powerful authority is the Church. I, honestly, have nothing against the Church’s beliefs because I am a Christian. Born and raised to be God’s faithful servant, but this time I’m looking at life into a more positive note than moral hindrances. I am opening my eyes to the reality of abusive marriages, unfaithful spouses and reoccurring misunderstandings that often lead to fights and chaos on the household. More often than not, Filipinos usually are hindered from doing what they want because of this moral guidance from the Church. Again, I have nothing against the moral beliefs of the Church; I am just considering possibilities. Filipinos are jailed inside a cage that is really misleading as a human being. They say that these moral hindrances are the Church’s way of guiding the Filipino people into a better light, yes of course, we are living in a very democratic nation and guidance is highly needed, but look at this situation in a different angle. How can Filipinos possibly discover things that are not meant to be discovered (as the Church says so and so is the government, in some cases) if there are hindrances? Laws like no killing, no stealing and such are laws that should be implemented in the society and are meant to be so, but the Divorce Bill should also be considered by the Church because it may serve as guidance and betterment for the lives of the masses. It may not be as pricey as annulment but divorce may be more than annulment itself.

Let us not fool ourselves and turn a blind eye to the sad fact that many marriages in the Philippines are not successful and in most cases, the wives in these damaged marriages are still prisoners living in suffering, pain and sometimes in fear of their own lives.

            I honestly dream of a better society, an ideal one. The one that is free from hindrances to live life to the fullest, the one that breaks the traditional ways apart, and the one that is completely modernized. That is my opinion, per se, but different people have different opinions, modernized in a way that it is not scared to legalize laws that can be of help to the Filipino people. This is a very democratic country and the power is in the hands of the people living in it. I honestly think that people have the authority, not the government or the Church but the power relies on the people and the way they take in things like the Divorce Bill. 

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