During a hearing by the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality, headed by Bataan 1st District Rep. Geraldine Roman, the proposed Sogie measure took a step forward even amid apprehensions from religious groups and some members of Congress. READ:
The absence of CIBAC Party-list Rep. Bro. Eddie Villanueva, an evangelist and president-founder of the Jesus Is Lord Movement, led to a House panel approving the consolidation of several Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression bills, as well as the creation of the technical working group .
The TWG, which will discuss the bill in earnest, will have six members—three representatives who support the bill and three opposing it. It is slated to be headed by Alliance of Concerned Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro.“For the longest time, we have seen that there are many cases of discrimination happening all throughout the country . . . it is now time we should stop talking and it is time to act on this.
Villanueva walked out after his request to defer the meeting was denied. After which, he alleged that the meeting was illegal and was tantamount to “forum shopping.” “Are you trying to say because people, for example myself, do not support the Sogie Bill that I’m discriminatory?,” he asked Tan.
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