1) THE LAW PROTECTS THE SANCTITY OF THE MARRIAGE

DIVORCE BILL ALSO PROTECTS THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE OR THE INSTITUTION OF FAMILY
BECAUSE MARRIAGE SHOULD BE A SETTING OF LOVE,CARE AND COMMITMENT YUNG MGA
BAGAY NA YUN WE CANNOT FIND THOSE SA TOXIC NA PAGSASAMA SO BAKIT NATIN
ICHECHERISH ANG SOMETHING NA UNHEALTHY NA ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CHILDREN
INVOLVED? ALSO THERE ARE CASES WHICH ARE BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR SUCH AS YUNG MGA
FATHER WHO MOLESTED THEIR OWN CHILD, SO OF COURSE MARRIAGE SIRANG SIRA NA YUNG
MARRIAGE SA GANONG CASES, SO DIVORCE IS THE PATHWAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO START A
NEW LIFE, TO IMMERSE FROM TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS NOT JUST THE PARENTS BUT THE
CHILDREN ALSO. SO KAPAG BINIGYAN MO YUNG ISANG TAO TO START A NEW LIFE AND YUNG
MGA BATA TO GROW UP IN A HEALTHY FAMILY THAT IS ACTUALLY A WAY TO UPHOLD THE
DIGNITY OF A FAMILY AND EVEN THE MARRIAGE ITSELF

2) THE BILL ALSO EMBRACES OTHER GROUNDS

A) IRRECONCILABLE DIFFRENCES
B) PSYCHOLOGICAL INCAPACITY OF BOTH SPOUSE
C) MARITAL RAPE

3) SAFEGUARDS OF THE BILL

- AGAINST ANY SPOUSE DECEIVING, COMPELLING &COERCING THE OTHER SPOUSE , THERE IS
A PENALTY
 1) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Under the bill, absolute divorce can be obtained under the following conditions:

- physical abuse happens or a "grossly abusive conduct" is exhibited,

psychological incapacity,

- irreconcilable marital differences despite efforts to reconcile,

-marital rape,

-and separation for at least five years, among others.

Mapapansin natin na sa divorce bill ground na yung physical abuse na wala sa

annulment and kung sa legal separation naman it has to be continuous , so dahil
divorce bill nais talaga nito na masupil pa yung mga pang aabuso

FACTS

1)Section 2 of the bill, or its declaration of policy, says that while the Philippines “continues to protect
and preserve marriage as a social institution and as the foundation of the family,” divorce would give a
chance for couples to terminate “a continuing dysfunction of a long broken marriage.” Meaning the bill
still honors the sanctity of the marriage pero it protects or it gives chances for other people to terminate
yunghindinamaayos pa at talagang broken relationships

2) Base sa findings ng National Demographic and Health Survey (NHDS)

Isa saapatna married women edad 15-49 ang nakaranas ng pisikal, emotional at sekswalnaabuso. 205 sa
mgaito ang nakaranas ng emotional violence, 14% annakaranas ng physical violence at 5% naman ang
nakaranas ng sexual violence. Sa pamamagitan ng Divorce Bill mapipigilannatin or
maisesavedyungmgataonanangangailangantalaga ng tulongdahil ang pisikal, emosyonal at sekswalna
pang aabuso ay hindimgabirongisyunadapatnatinipawalangbahala.

3.Family Code Art. 68. The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect
and fidelity, and render mutual help and support but for cases of abuse and infidelities na kung
saanwalana ang love and mutual growth ng bawatisa , divorce bill yungsusi to still honor the importance
of family, of harmonious familykasipaanonga when only one person nalangyunggumagawa ng duties nya
as husband or wife? Hindi namansiguronirerequire ng law to be a “martir” or to tolerate abuses

4. Art. 70. The spouses are jointly responsible for the support of the family. The expenses for such
support and other conjugal obligations shall be paid from the community property and, in the absence
thereof, from the income or fruits of their separate properties. In case of insufficiency or absence of said
income or fruits, such obligations shall be satisfied from the separate properties. Art. 71. The
management of the household shall be the right and the duty of both spouses. The expenses for such
management shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 70. (115a)

5.In terms of saisyu ng mgabatanamaapektuhan kung may diborsyo, Chapter 3. Effect of Parental
Authority (Family Code)Sinasabiditona ang magulang ay may responsibilidadna

Upon the Persons of the Children

(1) To keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept and good
example, and to provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means;

(2) To give them love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding;

(3) To provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate in them honesty, integrity, self-
discipline, self-reliance, industry and thrift, stimulate their interest in civic affairs, and inspire in them
compliance with the duties of citizenship;

(4) To furnish them with good and wholesome educational materials, supervise their activities,
recreation and association with others, protect them from bad company, and prevent them from
acquiring habits detrimental to their health, studies and morals;

Ito yungmgabatasnahindimaippractice or mgaresponsibilidadnahindimagagampanandoonsamga toxic

napagsasama ng magulang like kung ang environment nila is puro awayan ng
magulangpaanoyunmagigingmagandangehemplo or upbringing sakanila, lalo pa silangmagiging
miserable instead na kung sa divorce pwedengmagkaroon ng peace and wala pa
namantalagangpagaaralnanakapagsabinakapag divorced ang magulang e magcacause ng rebellion
sabata.

6. Previous law such as annulment and legal separation is okay perohindiyunnagbibigay ng chance for
other people to be married again or to be committed again and start a fresh life with someone
A petition for legal separation may be filed on any of the following grounds:

Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a
common child, or a child of the petitioner;
Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political
affiliation;
Attempt of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the
petitioner, to engage in prostitution, or connivance in such corruption or inducement;
Final judgment sentencing the respondent to imprisonment of more than six years, even if
pardoned;
Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism of the respondent;
Lesbianism or homosexuality of the respondent;
Contracting by the respondent of a subsequent bigamous marriage, whether in the
Philippines or abroad;
Sexual infidelity or perversion;
Attempt by the respondent against the life of the petitioner; or
Abandonment of petitioner by respondent without justifiable cause for more than one year.
For purposes of this Article, the term child shall include a child by nature or by adoption.
SOGIE BILL

The Senate bills (SB 689, 412, 315, 159) refiled and pending in the 18th Congress
mirror House bill No. 4982, which was passed on final reading in 2017.

 Inflicting stigma using the media, textbooks, and other platforms

 Denying access to health and public services
 Denying the application for professional licenses and similar documents
 Denying use and access to establishments, facilities, and services open to
the general public
 Including SOGIE as a criteria for hiring or dismissal of workers
 Refusing admission or expelling students in schools based on SOGIE
 Imposing harsher than customary disciplinary actions due to the student's
SOGIE
 Refusing or revoking accreditation of organizations based on the SOGIE of
members
 Forcing a person to undertake any medical or psychological examination to
determine or alter one's SOGIE
 Publishing information intended to "out" or reveal the SOGIE of a person
without consent
 Subjecting any person to profiling, detention, or verbal or physical
harassment on the basis of SOGIE
 Preventing children under parental authority from expressing their SOGIE
 Subjecting any person to any analogous acts that will impair or nullify a
person’s human rights and fundamental freedoms

Penalties for those who commit any of the acts mentioned above range from not less
than P100,000 to P500,000 and/or imprisonment of not less than 6 months to 12 years
maximum, depending on the offense committed.

2) SOGIE BILL IS SIMPLY IDENTIFYING THE DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACE, IN

SCHOOL, IN ACCESING GOVT SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES NOT ONLY
FOR THE LGBT BUT FOR EVERYONE SINCE LAHAT NAMAN TAYO MAY SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, EVEN IF YOU ARE STRAIGHT AND NA DISCRIMINATE KA DAHIL
DUN SOGIE BILL PA RIN YUN AND YOU CAN FILE A CASE