KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS.26 JUNE 2011

KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS.26 JUNE 2011

Same-sex weddings illegal in Phl

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… at the beginning… God ‘made them male and female…For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh…” (Mark 10:6-8, the Holy Bible).

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SAME-SEX WEDDINGS ILLEGAL IN PHL: Whether they knew it or not, those who officiated and participated in the same-sex weddings or “holy unions” between gays and lesbians in Baguio City last week actually violated at least two provisions of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, exposing them to criminal prosecution and liability.

The first provision is Article 350 which is entitled “marriage contracted against provisions of laws”, and which imposes the penalty of imprisonment of up to 12 years for those contracting marriages in disregard of a legal impediment.

The legal impediment here is the requirement of the Family Code that marriages in the Philippines must be between a man and a woman, never between man and man, and woman and woman.

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REVISED PENAL CODE VIOLATIONS: The second provision of the Revised Penal Code violated by the same-sex weddings is Article 201, which is entitled “immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows”, and which carries the penalties of imprisonment of up to six years, and fine of up to P12,000.00.

Under Article 201, the penalties are to be imposed upon anyone “who shall publicly expound or proclaim doctrines openly contrary to public morals”. Undergoing same-sex marriages contravene public morals here in this country, where same-sex relationships continue to be viewed as taboo.

The priests, pastors or other religious leaders who officiated the same-sex marriages are equally liable under the foregoing provisions of the Code. I wonder why Baguio City authorities, especially its top local officials and its police department, simply stood idly by while these legal violations were taking place.

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BIBLICAL UNIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN: The pretense by the Baguio City church that the same-sex marriages which it allowed and performed are “holy unions” is appalling and blasphemous, in the face of what the Bible teaches about what unions are to be considered holy before God.

In Genesis 1:27, it is stated: “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” In Genesis 2:24: “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh…”

In Romans 1:18-32, same-sex relationships are declared as curses from God: “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people… Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another…”

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