Divorce and question marks (Part 1)
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
Question 1: Would an absolute divorce legislation be pursuant to the text, context and spirit of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines?
Article II, Section 12 of the Constitution, in nonetheless than the declaration of principles, and State policies, very expressly and even categorically says that the State shall strengthen the family as a basic autonomous entity. Furthermore, the very first Article of the Family Code of the Philippines provides that marriage is an inviolable social institution.
How could absolute divorce strengthen the Filipino family? How would absolute divorce make the family an inviolable social institution? It is a big sophism and an untenable rationalization to say that by destroying the family, it is strengthened; by dividing the family, it is made inviolable!.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110607com6.html
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