Arguing a Position on Identity Labels

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Arguing a Position on Identity Labels

The minority status of the LGBTQA++ community is reinforced by the social constructions that portray them as deviant and mentally unwell. Another ray of hope for the LGBTQ community came in 2018, the 45th anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to stop treating homosexuality as a mental illness. There is persistent debate over whether or not same-sex marriage is legal in the Philippines, although this is by no means a settled topic. Getting approval for same-sex marriage in the Philippines is challenging but not impossible. In the Philippines, marriage is defined as “a specific compact of the permanent partnership between a man and a woman entered into in compliance with the law for the formation of conjugal and family life” (Sinsomboonthong, 2021). According to this concept, legally recognizing marriages between people of different sexes is illegal.

As a result, the Family Code may be changed to legalize same-sex marriages. Firstly, Article XV of the Constitution guarantees the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman, but it doesn’t specify that a family must consist of only heterosexuals; (3) the LGBTQA++ community took a giant leap forward in 2015 whenever the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark civil case ruling that legalized same-sex marriage (Bing, 2016). The Philippines’ reluctance to legalize same-sex marriage is understandably rooted in religious beliefs, but the country’s citizens would be wise to strike a balance between the two. Marriage is recognized by the state as a civil union and a binding legal contract and is therefore protected by state law. Marriage is an issue for the state to legislate, and the Church has no business getting involved.

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Bing, J., & Duncan, L. (2016). Love Wins: Quaker Activism in Israel and Palestine. Quaker Religious Thought, 127(1), 5.

Sinsomboonthong, T. (2021). On Homosexual Love and Right to Same-Sex Marriage: Questioning the Paradox of# LoveWins Discourse. In International Handbook of Love (pp. 405-421). Springer, Cham.