Christmas is an occasion for Filipinos to reflect anew on an institution that is most important to them – the family, and the union that serves as its basis, marriage. The push for same-sex marriage or “marriage equality” is therefore, at the very least, an effort to redefine marriage. Such unions, however, are a slippery slope, and in effect undermine traditional marriage. President Duterte was wrong when he told an LGBT gathering in Davao City last week that only an amendment to the Family Code was needed to allow same-sex marriage. Filipinos should, therefore, be wary of these revisionist efforts that could only weaken marriage as an institution and by extension, the family.

Source: Manila Times December 23, 2017 15:11 UTC