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speaker: GBJM)

In a Realistically speaking divorce is absurd, simply because its failure on groundson legality/ constitutionality, religion, society, psychology and economy of thePhilippines and all its subjects

Expert Insight

Some experts want to strengthen laws-making divorce more difficult to obtain adivorce in order to protect women, the American Sociological Review states. From asociological standpoint, The Law and Economics of Marriage and Divorce agrees,impossibility of divorce laws could shield women from the disadvantages of divorce andcould improve the quality of both mens and womens lives over the long term. Whenmarriage seems more permanent, people feel more willing to invest in relationships andto cooperate in reaching long-term goals.

Filipino Quotes: Ang kasal ay hindi mainit na kanin na kapag inisubo / isinubo mo nailuluwa mo nalang pag napaso ka!

Holy matrimony should remain holy. This is not just a plain contract sign off when youfeel like things are going out of its way, you can at any time terminate it. The more that itis not just like dining into a restaurant, if you dont like the menu, you can at any time goand find another place. Definitely, theres no perfect relationship in this world but it doesnot excuse us for being irresponsible of whatever decision we make.

This differs marriage with other commitments, simply because marriage is not just acontract that is legally binding, but a God-bonded commitment as well

-CONSTITUTIONALITY/LEGALITY:

Paper presented to the Committee on Revisions of Laws by atty. JoAurealmbong of the EDUCHILD foundation, an association of parents committedto defending the families strongly provided opposition on divorce.

Section 2 of the Article XV of the Constitution clearly states that Marriage, as aninviolable (unbreakable) social institution, is the foundation of the family and shallbe protected by the state.

Section 12 of the same Article further states that the states recognizes sanctityof family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as basic autonomoussocial institution.

The words of Constitution are unmistakable: marriage is an inviolable socialinstitution. Any attempt to allow divorce to exist will run counter to this nobledeclaration of the constitution. This attempt will violate the spirit of theconstitution.

Divorce is therefore unconstitutional and it obviously violates the section 1-3,Article XV of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. Adoption of divorce would

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require amendment of certain provisions of our constitution. Constitutionalamendments entail a lot of expenses. Millions of pesos are needed to undertakesuch political exercise.

According to former Archbishop Oscar Cruz, it questions the morality of both

party and it violates the Philippine Law (Saludo, 2011)

Upon pursuance there will be more relationships that would be more attracted toengage to utilize this remedy that would destroy the significance of the family.That is under the Article 14 of the Family Code, the family being the foundationof the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes andprotects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom,practice or agreement destructive of the family shall be recognized or giveneffect.

(According to Article 63,a) section 2 of the Divorce bill to be introduced inthe Philippines) The absolute community of the conjugal partnership shallbe dissolved and liquidated.

There will be a continuation of irresponsible parenthood. It violates Family CodeTitle 3 under article 68, on the Rights and Obligations between Husband andWife, the husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love,respect and fidelity, and render mutual support and help.

It never provides a cure but it actually resulted miserable condition on the part ofevery family particularly their children. It violates the United Nations Declarationof Human Rights of Article 16 paragraph 3, the family is natural and fundamental

group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

-RELIGION:

To the married I give this command: a wife must not separate from her husband.But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to herhusband. And a husband must not divorce his wife that is according to ICorinthians 7:10-11

And I say to you, whoever divorce his wife and marries another commitsadultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery Matthew19:9

The bible recognizes the legal aspects of marriage; it presents a higher view ofmarriage as a relationship based upon respect, trust, love and commitment. Godintended marriage to be a lifetime covenant between one man and one woman.

As stated in the bible, there are many reasons for failure in a relationship and toresort to divorce as a way out is not in keeping Gods purpose. Therefore divorceis a sin, and not a pardonable sin.

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Theology professor Mr. James Marthue said, he says that divorce is divorce, andGod hates it. It was only men who wants it, not God.

It never help ease the trauma caused by divorce, but it marked the wickedness ofthe right to remarry which violates the natural law, under the Catechism of the

Catholic Church.

2384, divorce is a grave offense against the natural law. It claims to breakthe contract, to which the spouses freely consented, to live with each othertill death. Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of whichsacramental marriage is the sign. Contracting a new union, even if it isrecognized by civil law, adds to the gravity of the rupture: the remarriedspouse is then in a situation of public and permanent adultery.

If a husband, separated his wife, approaches another woman, he is an adultererbecause he makes that woman commit adultery; and the woman who lives with

him is an adulteress, because she has drawn anothers husband to herself.

2385, divorce is immoral also because it introduces disorder into thefamily and into society. This disorder brings grave harm to the desertedspouse, to children traumatized by the separation of their parents andoften torn between them, and because of its contagious effect whichmakes it truly a plague on society.

-ECONOMY:

Research by the Marriage and Religion Research Institute found that marriage isa key contributor to human capital, or the ability a person has to contribute to

economic value. Since Human capital is a contributor to economic growth, theresearch found a positive link between marriage and a healthy economy.

Marriage causes economic growth, Henry Potrykus, MARRI senior fellow andco-author of the study, said. Married men experience greater rates of incomeincrease than single men, and the rate of income increase for a newly divorcedman drops almost to that of his always-single counterparts through the divorce.Because of this, the explosion of divorce in this country has resulted in a loss inproductivity growth. The divorce revolution has undermined growth in the UnitedStates Economy.

The research also found that when divorce rates increased in recent decades,productivity and wage gains in men decreased. This, in turn, led the researchersto conclude that divorce hurt economic growth, particularly in men. [Men areHappier at Work Than Women, Survey Finds]

Not only is divorce bad for the economy, but previous research finds its bad forthe earth, too. According to Livescience report that was based on research by the

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, rising divorce rates in recentdecades has resulted in a rise in the number of households with fewer peoplearound the world.

Places with strict religious policies regarding divorce, are having more divorced

households, said co-author Jianguo Liu of Michigan State University.

We have a high divorce rate here. Its bad for the society from an economicpoint of view. When you divorce, each family now needs two apartments and twocards, she said.

A woman often encounters financial distress after divorce, because she loses herhusbands salary as a source of income. A divorced woman is likely to end up inthe bottom quartile of income distribution, explains the Centre for EconomicPerformance. An article published in the American Sociological Review concurs,concluding that the average divorced woman has less money than the average

married woman, even when accounting for certain variables. The authors statethat all women face significant economic vulnerability outside of marriage.

Because divorce often hinders and harms women in several ways, the rise indivorce has also created a greater taxpayer burden, notes The Law andEconomics of Marriage and Divorce. Government welfare for single mothers andtheir children has continually increased in the United States. In the last 50 years,the percentage of single-mother households has risen from 8 percent to morethan a quarter of the U.S. population, notes the Network on the Family and theEconomy. Women account for 90 percent of those single parents. Thegovernment has also spent more money offering mental health services, sincedivorce increases psychological problems among women.