BUHAY Party-list Representative Jose “Lito” Atienza on Tuesday, May 11, sought to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage in the anti-discrimination bill being crafted in the House of Representa
tives.At the hearing of the House Committee on Human Rights on the proposed “Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill”, Atienza inquired if the bill would “surreptitiously” allow same-sex marriage in the Philippines.
“Whether the whole portion is talking about employment or not, the issue that had been raised earlier and still now persisting in the minds of the people, is that the issue of licensing includes marriage licensing,” Atienza said, even as his colleagues pointed out that the section was clear that only professional licenses were covered in the bill.
“Because mothers, women, wives can insist ‘we are professionals, and our license is a professional license’. To prevent that, let’s clarify already in this discussion the anticipated revival of the issue,” he insisted.
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