READ: Same-sex civil union okay with House leaderADVERTISEMENTAlvarez lamented that marriage remained elusive for same sex couples, pointing out that there were couples who would opt to resort to civil union instead of marriage. He said he would entrust the filing of the civil union bill to Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman, the country’s first transgender lawmaker. “I thank Rep. Pia Cayetano for her commitment to file a bill that will allow for the dissolution of marriage. Nilalagay natin para ma-generalize natin yung grounds yung dissolution ng marriage,” Alvarez said. As to the civil union bill, Alvarez said this would be a new provision in the Family Code that would allow both same sex and opposite sex couples to enter into a civil union.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 24, 2017 03:22 UTC