{"id":50703,"date":"2015-05-28T20:43:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T12:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50703"},"modified":"2015-05-28T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T12:43:18","slug":"church-leaders-firm-on-stand-against-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/28\/church-leaders-firm-on-stand-against-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Church leaders firm on stand against same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Malolos<\/a>
Malolos Bishop Jose Francisco Oliveros in a solemn mass at the Malolos Cathedral (Photo by Ramon Velasquez\/Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 After a solon appealed to court for the legalization of same-sex marriage, Catholic church leaders reiterated their belief that marriage is sanctified for the union of a man and a woman alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s against God\u2019s will,\u201d Marbel Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want to remain godly, let us be faithful to what the Lord wills,\u201d Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco also said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sanctity of marriage is enshrined in our Constitution where marriage is understood as between a man and a woman. Only in such a marriage is the good of the child safeguard which is the backbone of the nation,\u201d Malolos Bishop Jose Oliveros agreed.<\/p>\n

In the past three years, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Uruguay, France and Brazil have legalized gay and lesbian marriages in their countries.<\/p>\n

To this, Oliveros asserted that the Philippines should not join the \u2018bandwagon.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not mean we have to follow. That\u2019s simply bandwagon mentality. We have our own values, tradition and Constitution to follow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) earlier released a statement condemning lawmakers who supported same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the legislators who consider giving legal recognition to same sex unions, the Church declares there is no equivalence or even any remote analogy whatsoever between marriage between a man and woman as planned by God and the so-called same sex unions,\u201d the CBCP said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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