Divorce Ban in Philippines Could Easily Be Us And Was

[trotsky]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularspectrum/2018/03/divorce-ban-4023/

Divorce used to be effectively illegal in the United States and could be again in a heartbeat if reactionary Christians gained the same political power that Republicans now hold, along with a death-grip on the Supreme Court.

How? The lack of divorce in the Philippines offers insight.

The Philippines’ Legislature is again considering a bill to legalize divorce — as it routinely has for years — but its chances for passage, as always, remain slim, according to reports emanating from the sprawling, overwhelmingly Catholic island nation.

Why is divorce so intractably illegal in the Philippines? One word: religion.

[Raster]

1. One has to wonder how those intractable Filipino Catholics...

...feel about Duterte and his murdering rampage against drug dealers/drug users both real or imagined.

[kimbutgar]

3. I have a Filipino catholic friend who goes home every year

He said no one talks against Duarte because people are afraid they might be talking to an informer and don’t want to marked as a drug dealer and killed. He said there is a toxic environment he has not seen since The Marcos era. And it’s even worst now. He won’t be making his annual visit this year because of the environment.

[Raster]

4. I so hate to hear this... I have Filipino friends that are some of the kindest, most gentle...

...people I know. One previous co-worker of mine had to leave his life and family behind during the Marcos years, because he was deemed an enemy of the state by the Marcos regime. And now it's even worse.

[greymattermom]

2. So if Pence has a press conference

someone should ask him about divorce.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. And the next thing to pass would be to make adultery illegal again.

Jail, public trials, penalties, cutting you off from your children as if you abused them, etc.