Will The Philippines Finally Legalize Divorce? | NowThis World 

I think the Philippines is more catholic than Spain. Did you know that they begin Christmas festivities in September?

Precolonial Philippines allowed divorced. One of the surviving old documents from the precolonial era was a divorce paper sign by a Datu.

this goes to show that secularism doesn't really exist in the Philippines

Did I just hear 40,000 married couples? Sounds wrong.

I knew the Philippines and the Vatican don’t allow divorce, considering I’m Filipino, but I never knew they were the only countries to have it banned. In my opinion, a divorce is something I don’t want to see happen to a family, but it should be legal regardless. It restricts a couple’s ability to decide what to do with themselves and that’s very oppressive and backwards.

It's not the church. It's those old conservative people.

Doesn't matter, I'll never get married. 😅😅😅😖😖😖

One Word; *Religion*

there are countries where divorce is illegal..hmm interesting

Philippines finally became logical

I’m a Filipino Catholic and it never occurred to me that divorce was illegal in my mother country w o w

What a strange and animalistic rule it was ,I have heard this strange thing first time in life ,in my country divorce is not favourable it's a taboo especially for women they will suffer for life and life as a divorcée is very tough though but it is not banned ,its crazy.

Im a filipino american, born & raised in Southern California. Both of my parents are filipino & tbh, I was always raised to look as divorce as horrible thing. If my parents found about that friend's parents were divorced they'd honestly low key kinda look down on them & feel really bad for them. As I grew older, I found that although divorce isn't really the ideal situation to be in.. women really need the opportunity to leave unhealthy marriages. Its just a straight up human thing to do. Let these individuals be happy as indviduals!

Philippine proverb: Marraige is not like rice when you can spit it out when it's too hot.

My mother has been separated from my father for almost 10 years. They were married for 20 years. They're not legally separated but both of them have their own partners in life now. We their children is okay with it and I think that our goverment should legalize divorce so those separated married people can marry the person who they think is the right one for them just like my mother she is happy with her new partner. And my mother's happiness is our happiness.

As much as I want to see divorce legalised here, I doubt I'll ever see it during my lifetime. It's funny 'cause even though I'm not a Catholic, I still have to abide by a Catholic system. Crazy, right?

Hey Catholic Church, Reed Saint Augustine of hippo. Ironic that a Christian at the center of western theology created the idea of the separation of church from the state.

It's not because of Catholicism or Political environment in Philippines. It's culture. No other culture in this earth put more importance to family than Filipinos. That is why even the non religious people opposes this move. Don't get married if you would want a divorce. Non marital relationships are already accepted here.

Let's take a look at this from a Christian perspective. Genesis 2:24 says, "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become ONE FLESH." From a Biblical point of view, marriage is simply the union of flesh or becoming one flesh. This means as a married person, you have to show that you are indeed one with your partner, that you have become one flesh with them, that you are both compatible with one another. Because you cannot attach a body part to another body if they're not compatible. Sadly, this isn't the case with several married couples. They struggle with abuse, infidelity, etc., and sometimes they simply can't get out of these struggles and instead fail to prove that they are indeed united. According to the Bible, marriage is the unification of flesh, and these couples don't seem to be unified in any way. This only shows that the couple was, in a Biblical perspective, never married at all. The only thing that really brought these two together as a "married couple" would be legal documents stating that they are married, but they weren't really married at all, at least not according to the Bible. This is because marriage, or the unification of flesh as the Bible would call it, is spiritual and doesn't immediately occur upon signing your marriage contract. The contract does not make you compatible with your partner, and the certificate does not decide whether or not you are married (well, legally speaking, yes it does. But the legal and Biblical definitions of marriage are different, so... It's actually yes and no.) Rather, the purpose of these documents should be to signify that you are already unified and, thus, married. On the other hand, the entire process of unification happens over time, and it occurs naturally as you build your relationship. This is also why you should really let time decide if a person really is for you and ask their hand for marriage. If you rush, you'll only be disappointed in the end. Anyways, so how does it relate to divorce? Well, as I said, you cannot unify two incompatible flesh no matter how hard you try. In the context of marriage, this is harmful to either or both people in it, which means separating them is urgent. Now, the only things that really bind these two together are the legal documents stating they are married, which means if these are to be scrapped, then the two people are finally free from one another. The purpose of divorce here isn't to separate the married couples or to destroy marriages, but rather to save the people who are currently trapped in what the law calls marriage. These are for the people who thought it was going to work, or for those who were lured into what they thought was a happy marriage promised to them by their now abusive partners. These are never for the marriages that work because simply put, these couples are already one flesh and therefore inseparable.

Very interesting

Convincing to broke up their family might affect the kids and both sides mentally and it can be a cause of depression, annulment is enough i think

I'm Catholic from Indonesia but I support the Philippines legalization of divorce.

It's depend to the husband and wife if they love each other they continue their love if not healthy anymore give them chance to find their freedom

Marriage is a waste of time and money, in my opinion.

Lol, the philippines is extremely backwards in social standings.

Its time to separate the church and state

It's a persons choice to divorce or not.

As a practicing Roman Catholic who has been happily married for 18 years and whose parents and grandparents were all married for more than 50 years each, I think that they are out of their minds allowing the Church to have that kind of influence national laws like that. Church doctrine can make for bad social policy. It is great to go into marriage intending for it to be for life. Life laughs at our plans. As my grandmother (who wasn't Catholic, was married to a Catholic and refused to convert) used to say, "Divorce is better than killing each other." My grandparents were devoted to each other in their rather contrarian way, raised five sons, had 16 grandchildren, lived to see three of their now 16 great-grandchildren and stayed married for 59 years until she died after a series of strokes. Yet she always reserved her legal right to leave if she ever wanted to.

government shouldn't be involved in marriage it's a private contract

Are we filipinos behind the times, or are we just holding on to what we think is right?

I want a divorce

We have a lot of hippocrates here in the Philippines and one of the biggest factor that divorce will be oppossed is because ,Churches has a big political influence here in the Philippines which is a big problem and one more thing a lot of Filipinos are really religious, Filipinos believe that divorce is immoral or something (I hope you get my point on this one)..PS I am a Filipino ,I consider myself as an Atheist .I will definitely support divorce here in The Philippines... I will just leave my opinion here.

Many filipinos oppose divorce because it makes legal separation very easy! and many can take advantage of that! annulment on the other hand, might be long and tedious, but atleast it isnt vulnerable to abuse.

Sadly, there’s no separation of church and state in the Philippines as opposed to what’s stated in the constitution. The church has been a great influencer to legislators for ages. It’s time to move forward and honor what’s stated in the constitution - separation of church and state.

I’m a Filipino born American, and surprisingly I didn’t know this...wtf?

Abolish marriage entirely. Problem solved. Marriage is a cultural affair and government should not legislate culture!.

The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is actually separated from his only wife yet he is unwilling to legalize divorce.

iba gusto nila i allow. pilipili kayo kasi nang asa hindi pa seriouso ano sa tingin nyo ang kasal laro2 lang?

I'm Filipino & I'm pro divorce... Legal Separation and Annulment is just failing our society, your video truly explained our people's plight. Yet most are content of annulment or legal separation because of the influence of the Catholic Church. Good thing their influence is greatly decreasing. Hope it ends these couple of years. The State should be secular. No religion should influence the ranks of the government. DIVORCE SHOULD BE LEGALIZED!

The sanctity of marriage will be put to trash. The lesson here is don’t rush things, marriage is not a hot bun that you can just spit out when it’s still hot. Why would you get married when you want a divorce in the first place.

Hipocrisy is rampant in our country!

Thats why I'm atheist.

I hope Divorce will be legalized.

High fee for a poor country

the rationale why most of filipinos disagree with divorce is that i think the degree or the impact of marriage will be nullified and therefore will result to couples getting married and getting separated for lowly reasons on some cases. marriage is a very sensitive issue and should be taken seriously.

Religion destroyed the country. These priests still acting up like it's Spanish colonial Philippines smh

That last guy's logic is that you have a badge of stupidity if you don't conform to the practices of other countries? What a logic! Something that's popular doesn't make it right. And for a bill to be considered right, it has to be in agreement with the constitution. And the venue to determine that is a legal debate, not a world popularity contest.

Annulment is Easy in the Philippines ……...as long as you have money. I have heard of Annulments between married couples who have several children and certainly do not fulfill the other requirements for annulment as laid down in the Catholic church

Please, yes to divorce. Set these women free to marry again and have a real life with real love.

Yan nga, makapito mong iisipin, bago Mo gawin. Ang pag aasawa ay Hindi kanin na basta Mo nlng isusubo at kapag napaso ay basta mong iluluwa. Gusto nilang ilegalized Ang divorce para makalandi uli, at mauulit Ang nangyari divorce uli,....bumaba na nga moralidad , nag aastang devuot Catholic pa rin. Hahahaha

It seems to me that banning the divorce isn't the problem but entering marriage incorrectly.

Marriage has its own definition of its own in each country. In India wedding is supposed to be a life long thing and it had been like that for about several thousands of years untill British brought their idea about their life If you think people around the world are just like the place you live in or the tradition is the same like yours then you are totally worng. And now after globalization people saw the easy life western people lived. No effort in understanding, you feel you cant cope with the situation then termination is the only go they know. So yeah people around the world are getting used to the lazy life.

Or just don’t get married if you don’t want to be stuck with someone

It should be legal! We are a secular country! So the church shouldn't be part of any kind of political arguments, they already been seperated....

I want to be free from my unhappy married life..we separate but not legally..

Wait.. Divorce is illegal here Never noticed

I really hope this Country sees a Huge Growth before the end of my Life Span :c

Make it legal. Make that option available for the people.

Why so so so so much single mom in Philippines

I usually oppose the divorce legalization in the Philippines as, I think, it would breach the the profound essence of marriage. I bet that we should see the painful process of separation in the Philippines as a challenge for us, a force that would make us think that entering marriage is not an easy decision. That in order for you to get married, you should be totally prepared, psychologically, financially, emotionally and the like. That entering marriage should undergo bunch of deliberation and maturity at first before you may regret it. I do not also agree to pressure any woman to marry if she is not yet ready. Anyway, this vodeo make me think of the bigger picture and reexamine my stand about divorce.

"A badge of stupidity" Pretty accurate.

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Blame it all on religion blame it all on religion.

There's over 400,000 marriages a year in the Philippines, not 40,000. How about you fact check.

Senators in the Philippines are afraid of the Priests even though church and state are separate!

Because as a Filipino, we are very different values especially in Family code.

I still miss my beardboi :'(

Tell the Catholic Church not to get involved with divorce laws.

Hay naku Pilipinas smh

I dont think it's about the religion, it's more on politics and how they manipulate people using religion. It's sad. About how the beliefs of people is being abused

As a fellow Christian. I support legalizing Divorce because of the reason of CHURCH AND STATE DOES NOT MIX!

I'd be honest with you. In our school there was a movement in catholic church called "no to divorce" and Catholic schools are forced to join the campaign specially college student. The teacher told us they will give us great points on our grade if we go but he was not forcing us. I find it really idiotic to reward us with something that would really help those unhappy marriages finally let go if divorce was legalized. I didn't go. It's nonsense. Why Catholics are against this when Spain was allowing it in their own country? I don't really understand with this close and narrow minded people. I'm sorry to burst that out but Filipinos should legalized divorce under extreme circumstances like cheating. Although I see that Filipinos were afraid because if we had a divorce, people might just get married and divorce when they think they don't like he relationship and children's are affecting like what's happening in other countries were doivorce has such a high rate. But I think we can also so make our own law regardless of divorce that couples should known each other long before getting married and physical abuse or evidence of cheating must be present to court to legalized a divorce. I k own it would be hard for the part of their children but it would even harder when they both see their parents cheating or seeing their mother getting abused. I really agree that divorced should be legalized and Catholic church should be stop going into the political affairs and should focus more on spreading the word of God. I'm sorry but we're not in medieval ages anymore, were on modern society were practicality is more important that being martyrs. PS. My mom and dad were separated for ten years now because mom cheated on dad when he was working abroad. I didn't see her since but I support divorce not for the sake of my father but for the sake of everyone whose marriage fall down.

As a filipino, I do feel that Religion is so important outwardly... I wish it was that important inwardly too! If what we show in fiestas / festivals is what we do daily... Then Philippines will technically be the "funnest" place on earth... *Sad to say, this is far from the truth*

This is because of too much influence of their religion. its population spiraled out of control because the religion discourage its people to use modern family planning. Annulment is only for the rich people hundreds or even thousands of unhappy couple cannot afford to a country where most of its people are living just above or below poverty line. Priest and nuns are very vocal against this law and yet they don't know how it feels like to be trap in a stressful marriage since they are not allow to get married. yes marriage is the foundation and sanctity of family but this only applies to those who are happily married, it wont encourage every couple to file divorce simply because it exist. divorce is only applicable to those who badly need it.

IF THE PEOPLE WANT DIVORCE, THEN DONT GET MARRY IN THE FIRST PLACE. MARRIAGE SOMETHING TO BE WELL THINK OF AND CARE OF SINCE IT COMES WITH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. IF THERE IS DIVORCE, WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THE MARRIAGE! AND NO PEOPLE SHOULD JUDGE WHAT THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD DO. DIFFERENT STATES ARE DIFFERENT. DONT GIVE THAT IDEOLOGY OF YOURS AND COMPARE IT TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. WE TAKE CARE OUR MARRIAGE SERIOUS UNLIKE THE OTHERS.

Divorce should be illegal everywhere. especially in usa

I hope it will pass in my lifetime

Our church shouldn't meddle in Civil affairs right? (am pinoy)

I think mabuhay

Earlier this year, the Pope made a request to the Churches in the Philippines to drastically reduce or eliminate the the fee for getting a divorce/annulment.

So many people separate anyway and just marry again. Ganyan ang Pilipinas. 🇵🇭

today, the divorce bill is finally making progress in the philippines, i thought i would never see it approved within my lifetime, but it seems that filipinos had become more open to divorce.

If you don't want to get divorce Don't get married 😛

Duterte will sign that after the senates will pass it! I believe he will sign it he was just sayin no to let the Saints be calm and close their mouth but i strongly believe he will sign the divorce bill and booom Congratulations to all the women whos been waitin formthis moment their FREEDOM!!!!!

The thing is... why marry someone you do not know very well? Relationships these days are getting rushed... smh...

Guys, guys, I'm begging you, help us. These people who are anti-divorce don't know what the gruesome effects of their actions. They're delusional and selfish. They aren't thinking of the marginalised people who are most affected of what they've been pushing to happen. It's wrong and it needs to be stopped.

Yes to divorce bill 2018 to become law.

Yes we need divorce if our relationship is already not healthy

To be fair, even the so called, “Liberal” Party can be conservative. The name is just a name...

That is being selfish or dictator church, they think they are nxt to God but they don't read bible..thats why they dont know what is freedom.. Jesus died for us, he give us freedom,forgive us but in pagan church no..no..no....marriage is gift from God, Statue.what if parents decisions? it is right to live unhappy life with the rest of ur life? Mga Epokrito wake up!

The government should weigh each side and options. I know that the Philippines is a family oriented country. So it is really hard to pass a law that will nullify the marriage. The fact that the Filipinos are mostly Christians. What God has joined let no one separate. So please younger generation. Pick the right person. Don’t rush things. Getting married is not a race. Better think twice thrice etc. 👍

Yes to Divorce

That’s the Catholic Church for u 🤷🏽‍♂️ and yet I’m catholic but proud of it 🤣🙂

No Divorce? What century is this?

Never cause were a catholic country. Well cause when spanish conqoured us, the church is almost high as the goverment so whatever the priests wants, it is what gonna happen.

This is really informative I'm taking NOTES tho.. 👌👌

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Hmmm...Will We Legalize divorce???nah...sounds stupid...If we will the PRESIDENT must agree.Right?

The girl said “At that age (19), I can’t say no”. Like seriously? Why would you marry the person you don’t love? You have a choice. You will always have a choice. You chose to marry the person you don’t love. . Not because someone tells you to do, it doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. Be brave, stand firm. You are liable for whatever actions you will do or things you did.

I'm not religious but in this case I would choose muslim before marrying anyone...Moral = to force people to suffer...great logic...