Do you favor a divorce law in this country?
Consider this: our country is only one of two–the other Malta–which do not have a divorce law. Even Spain, Italy, and Latin American (catholic) countries already have divorce laws. The Catholic Church, even in very special cases (especially those who can afford the cost) allows a divorce.
We do have Art. 36 of the Family Code, referring to psychological incpacity as ground for annulment. Note, its annulment, not divorce… there’s a big whale of difference. So far, that’s the way out for couples, and many had to invent, and worse concede to transgressions just to establish the presence of psychological incapacity. And it costs a lot, too.
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YES! but not a law that goes a long way to decide like annulment, tedious process and mind bugling, spouse who don’t sleep together in year should be decided as divorced.
the divorce is not gonna apply here in the philippines unless the church agree so… why? as the bible says that 2 persons that united by GOD can never be broken by man… that is why annulment can be consider due to psychological incapacity and physical abuse to the partners.
Nope. In order for one to avail himself of this, he has to get married.
Absolutely I favor it. I mean with or without divorce, there will always be a broken family, so why not just make it official? I find it funny that our country is so conservatively blind that we can’t see through the other side of things. My mom and dad were separated since I was 2yrs old but they are still technically married to this day.
divorce is ugly. however you look at it, it’s still butt ugly.
No. It helps people to think it a hundred times over to marry someone and a million times more to end the relationship. And us believing in the sanctity of marriage helps in trying to keep it together. There are probably a lot of reason to just leave; marital abuse, for instance. However, half of the time it is just "not loving my partner anymore" and disagreement between spouses. I know I can likewise hardly walk the talk, but I believe there are a lot of things we can solve just by communicating well.
Divorce Law why? How many different families does Joseph Estrada have? My assistants father has three famlies. My housekeepers father has four families. One of my best friends father just died who was an attorney and at the funeral they discovered brothers and sisters they did not know they had. It doesn’t seem to stop anyone now even without divorce laws.
From a Christian point of view, no. Divorce is not the solution. However, if it endangers a life or lives, if it can bring peace to a household (couple, children) and provides relief to those who are most affected then, yes.
99.99 percent causes of divorce is marriage.
dont get married.
and there will be no need for divorce law…
yes for all the right reasons. if it would mean the couple and their children would be better off after the divorce.
yes,what wrong with divorce?
Personally I think that it has nothing to do with religion at all and comparison to other countries is immaterial because to each his own. It’s more of a social norm to promote cohesiveness of our society and prevent the family unit from crumbling down. People in this country is thinking twice (a hundred times even!) before getting married because we cannot just get it with Elvis solemnizing the sacrament one intoxicating night and then get a divorce the following day as if nothing happened. Married life must be planned and not be the result of an urge or a whim that dies come morning. The strict Philippine law really (and I mean REALLY!) puts meaning into the vows for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad times TILL DEATH do us part! An annulment when taken in court can cause an excruciatingly painful process on top of embarrassment, physical exhaustion and financial over expenditure — a price you are only willing to pay if living with your spouse can cause more pain than all of these combined. For this same reason that we only get married (supposedly) when we’re sane, healthy, emotionally stable and sure who (or what) we are marrying (into) so we do not end up in the courts (or clawing at each others’ eyes). Needless to say I’m pro-annulment but anti-divorce.
I heard these news from Malta.. I am in favor for the divorce law to be legalized in Philippines and even in Malta. We must admit it that nowadays there are too many marriages that are ruined / broken due to their own particular and personal reasons… it’s case to case basis. How can they stay in a marriage if they always fight every damn day and let their children witness all of these. Although there are also disadvantages about divorce and annulment but there are also interventions that should be done to protect the children. The children are the one who are affected by broken marriages but how much more if the couple will just stay in marriage but are not happy and the children will just witness how they hurt each other then some will just go for legal or not legal separations and still they suffer for it… it’s still the same thing. So it’s better if we moved one and try to be more open-minded ’cause for pete’s sake it’s already 2008.