Will you agree on a divorce law or bill in the Philippines? Why and why not?

while some may feel divorce laws in the philippines are outdated, behind the times, ....be very very careful about any changes.. and please learn the lessons from the west, and go slowly.. about 40 years ago the west, USA, UK, had laws even more relaxed than those in the Philippines, but radical feminists and others felt they were still too 'strict' and advocated for easy, 'no fault' divorce, as a way to 'empower' women.. and cited stereotypes like how men abandoned old fat wives for the cute young secretary, how rich men abandoend or divorced poor women, leaving them helpless without support, etc.. so easy 'no fault' divorce laws were passed. divorce increased from less than 2% of marriages to over 50% of marriages ending in divorce,.. and contrary to all the feminist propaganda for divorce to help women,.. the fact is that women, initiate divorce over 85% of the time, because they know that the corrupt, biased, racketeering family courts will award women custody, child support, alimony, the house, all marital assets, etc.. on top of this are other perverse incentives from the government that provides funding to women and mothers, but none for men and fathers. So what easy 'no fault' divorce laws, combined with welfare and other funding for women and mothers only, has created is a situation where women and especially mothers are financially much better off divorced or never married. This perverse incentive in the laws makes ex-husbands 'worth' more than husbands, bastard children more valuable than legitimate children in intact families, a perverse incentive to destroy the family, to destroy marriage, remove men from the family, and remove the idea that fathers serve any useful role other than forced payment of child support payments to the state, much like a slave who is forced to labor with no free will choice. be careful, and never, ever fall into the trap that claims making it super easy to destroy marriage or the family somehow 'helps' poor innocent women .. what it does is creates more matriarchal ghettos of fatherless homes, which are the cause of most social ills such as poverty, crime, unemployment, drug addictions, alcoholism, violence, etc.. ... is that what the philippines needs most right now?

THERE SHOULD BE A DIVORCE LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES. IF THE MARRIAGE IS NOT WORKING OUT WHAT IS THE USE OF STAYING TOGETHER.

As a married man my answer is yes. I assume you are young, still living with your parents, may or not earning a living and SINGLE. As every married man will say that sometimes a girl married you for convenience or a trophy husband? Had you ever experience that your wife would sometimes use the children as leverage to get back at their husband no matter what how devoted the husband would be to his family? Had you also experience waking up at 2AM almost every morning preparing milk that you bought for your baby even without switching on the lights (like disassemble and assemble a firearm blindfolded 20 seconds flat) tapos isasayaw mo pa with a rhythm that will make the baby sleep ? Had you ever experience saving up money for a pair of pants only ended up to be used to buy the baby's need? And lastly you have "nakikialam na in-laws" who knew your every bickering couple quarrel you had with your wife then threaten you even you have no idea why? To tell you frankly a man has its limits and I already went to a point where I wanted to leave my wife and my baby, since annulment process is expensive and not only you had to go to court, you also had to CONSULT the men in robes who never ever experienced what a MARRIED MAN has gone through. Ano gagawin namin?!! PA#AY#N na lang namin mga pung##tang asawa namin?!!! Why on earth would the Roman Catholic Church would meddle government affairs? Are we under the control of the Vatican? Is the Catholic Church the real government and the Philippine Government is just a front? They are noisy and no action while staying inside the confines of the churches and cathedrals, also before I forget political power. Paano yan if you happen to marry a parasitic wife who earn the same as her husband, sasabihin palagi na wala na daw pera pero isang text sa nanay na umuwi dahil birthday ni tatay may pang pamasahe siya lalo na when she tag along the kid along with the yaya spending not less than 500 pesos one way wala pa pang Jollibee? Next Time you say that the Philippines should not have a Divorce Law, better think twice. Stop living in the world you wanted and face the REAL world that we live in, NOT in the churches.

To answer your question.. I would like to agree that the divorce law should be legalized in the Philippines. In some family situations the Children are already suffering if they are living with their parents who were starting to butt heads because they are having severe financial, physical, emotional, or even mental problems. There are many angles to consider that Divorce law should be legalized but unfortunately in our Christian country where many people came from a 'conservative' and 'traditional' families they will be horrified if ever this will push through... and all of this is because of the influence of the church. It is exactly the fear of criticism that keeps many people from sounding their opinion. If divorce is allowed in this country, it will expose the true number of people who are really practicing their Catholic religion. My guess is that now that some politicians has openly declared its intentions, the church want to push those in favor of the status quo to sound their voice, forgetting about the rights of the rest. They want the government to be traditional and very conservative when it relates to such issues, to think twice about addressing the reality of divorce. However, I think that what the church say is really true – that marriage and the family are a fundamental benefit to the individual and society. What the Church fails to address is what happens when that marriage breaks down. Notwithstanding our good intentions when we get married, some marriages do fail! So, what happens in such cases? The church should enlighten us further. Are we supposed to dig our heads in the sand and pretend that everything is ok? Are we supposed to bear with it for the rest of our lives? Anyone with some sense in his head will try to save the marriage, but when after all this, the marriage still fails, then there is no other real alternative to divorce! This is where things start to get mixed up. When are the church going to realize, or admit, that cohabitation and divorce come long after a marriage has failed, and are not the cause of marriage breakdown? When are they going to realize that the true marriage breakdown is the result of egoistic behavior usually of one of the partners in the marriage, notwithstanding the marriage vows taken on the altar? When are they going to realize that without divorce, there is no option but to cohabit with another person since one is denied the right to re-marry and form a new family? The Church continues to try to fool itself that this is not the case... and it has every right to do this. It does not have the right, however, to impose its beliefs on the rest of civil society. We cannot afford to remain the fundamentalist religious state that we are now in our country.

Divorce should not be allowed . Passing that will lead to more laws and soon one will be able to get divorced for no reason at all as it is now in the USA

Yes there should be a Divorce Law Philippine Style to give couples a choice if their marriage doesn't work out.

I think divorce should be allowed but along with it make sure that child support is paid by the person that does not take the children.

Yes i think so they will accept the Law bill. Thank you

in the muslim culture, divorce is easily attained when the marriage is not working out. because one of the causes of couples falling into affairs is incompatibility and not able to get out of marriage so they are falling into this. though there are severe punishments for those who indulge in pre marital sex because marriage can be held even by simple means and there are severe punishment for those who indulge in extra marital affair because it is easy to get a divorce. islam is made not to burden mankind.