Padilla: Divorce bill meant to protect, not destroy family
MANILA, Philippines — While he favors marriages that last forever, Sen. Robin Padilla has filed a divorce bill which he claims is meant to protect, and not destroy, the family since there are couples with irreconcilable differences.
“My bill is never meant to destroy marriages. We would never object to marriages that last forever. In fact, my bill aims to protect the marriage – including the woman, the man, and their children,” Padilla said in Filipino on Facebook Live with his legal staff yesterday.
“There are those who claim this bill seeks to destroy marriage. That is not true! This bill aims to protect the parties in a marriage that is sadly doomed,” he added.
In this context, the neophyte senator said that his bill is “not destroying the family but protecting it if the marriage is doomed by irreconcilable differences.”
He noted that the Philippines is the only state in the world aside from Vatican City that does not recognize divorce; yet, a 2017 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 53 percent of Filipinos favor divorce for couples with irreconcilable differences.
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