The irony of irony, and to think we should be
considered the last bastion of Christianity in Asia.
A Catholic nun, Sister Mary john Mananzan was in
the Senate hearing on the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression
(SOGIE) Equality Bill
Sister Mary John Mananzan, a Catholic nun running
an all-girls school in the capital Manila, said the proposed Sexual Orientation
and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill merely addresses the
concerns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, which
has historically faced discrimination in Philippine society.
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| Sister Mary John Mananzan in attendance in the Senate hearing in support to opposition senator Rissa Hontiveros' SOGIE bill. (photo credit to ABS-CBN) |
“I don’t see that this bill is giving any special right to
this group. They are just saying that the rights of everybody should also be
applied to them,” Mananzan said in a Senate hearing in support of the proposed
bill of opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
“As a religious woman I believe in the respect, compassion,
and reverence for all persons because I believe they were all made in the image
and likeness of God.”
She explained that heterosexual men would not normally demand
equal treatment because "it is a fact that they are not discriminated
against as gender."
"Therefore, it is really the one that is discriminated
against that is the focus of our attention," Mananzan said.
"Even if we are really against the discrimination of
anybody, sometimes you have to focus on groups of people that are actually
suffering discrimination and violence."
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