Taiwan recently made headlines for being the first
Asian country to legalize same sex marriage.
And it would seem that a ripple effect has been
felt in Asia since it was done a few days ago.
What are the chances of President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte backing a same sex marriage in the country?
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| Pres. Duterte and his cabinet (photo credit to owner) |
Answer: None.
It might be remembered that one of his campaign
promises was for to allow same sex marriage.
In an interview with Time Magazine in 2017, he stressed
that the Philippine was then and is now still a bastion of of Roman
Catholicism, which opposes same-sex marriage.
“That is their culture,” he said, referring to
other countries where the American magazine circulates. “That’s for them. That
can’t apply to us, because we are Catholics,” Mr. Duterte said in a lengthy
speech on to the small Filipino community in Myanmar.
The President further adds:
“And there is the civil code, which states you can
only marry a woman for me, and for a woman to marry a man. That’s the law in
the Philippines.”
He further stressed that: “Wherever God has placed
you, stay there.” He noted that no one was empowered to “erase the great divide
between a woman and a man.”
Aside from the Vatican,the Philippines id the only
nation in the world that disallow
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