Church-sanctioned marriages in the country are a minority, Manila third district Rep. Joel Chua told Catholic bishops and priests.
“The parents who married in church are actually in the minority,” Chua, one of the supporters of the Absolute Divorce Bill revealed, although he did not provide any figures.MANILA, Philippines —
“If they will look more closely at their baptismal records, for example, they will discover that most of the parents of the children they baptize are not married in church weddings,” he suggested. “Having those databases will give them metrics they can use to help save marriages and families and measure the progress of their efforts,” he said, estimating that only one in every three couples was married in church, a third were in civil rites while the other third engaged in a live-in setup.
However, instead of passing the Absolute Divorce Bill, the Archdiocese of Manila-Commission on Family and Life said legislators should instead enact laws that would help couples prepare for married life. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the nation that the Philippines will not resort to war in addressing issues in the...
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