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Divorce, P-N0Y Style - In Favor or Against?
Topic Started: Aug 28 2010, 08:38 PM (254 Views)
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Divorce, P-N0Y Style
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by Perry Diaz

Imagine, President Benign0 “P-N0Y” Aquin0 III favoring “legal separation” that would allow couples to remarry without getting a divorce? Now, that’s pretty bold and I must say, revolutionary… or revisionist? He said that he is opposed to Las Vegas-type divorce and would rather see estranged — or legally separated — couples re-marry without getting a divorce. Well, it seems Noynoy has just introduced a new form of “divorce” — divorce P-Noy style. And now the Catholic bishops are on the warpath! It’s going to be a “holy war” and they’ll see to it that “heretics” will burn at the stake.

The problem is complicated because “legal separation” is a civil matter and, like divorce, it is not recognized by the Catholic Church. What the Church recognizes is annulment which is granted by the Church on the premise that the marriage has never been consummated. Hehehe…. And unlike some other countries, there is no “civil annulment” in Pinas. Only the Catholic Church can grant annulment since marriages in Pinas were made in Heaven. Well, I know of a few couples with children who were granted annulments. Does that mean that the births of their kids was virgin? Hahaha…

Noynoy’s younger sister Kris Aquino claimed that her marriage to James Yap was invalid — a sham. But James said that their marriage was performed in “good faith,” and not just once, but twice! James’ lawyer said, “You can make a mistake once but in this situation there was a second time. So to say that it was orchestrated by James is not correct. The parties were really in good faith.” Now that’s double whammy for James cuz there might be a bishop out there who’d consider their first marriage valid and the second a bigamy. James should really be careful if he is going to divorce Kris, P-Noy-style, and marry another woman. The Church could really come down on him for polygamy.

The Philippines is one of only three countries that do not recognize divorce. The other two are the Vatican and Malta. Well, of course there couldn’t be any divorce in the Vatican because all the citizens are celibate — no wives, no kids. That’s not fun. And who cares about Malta? People there don’t get married anymore, they just have fun.

To understand the “politics of marriage” in the Philippines, one has to understand the economics of it too. The cost of annulment in Pinas is about P500,000. That’s a lot of moolah! It’s so prohibitive that only the filthy rich could afford it. So if divorce — which would be a lot cheaper — is legalized, the Church is going to lose a lot of revenue. The cost of P-Noy style divorce is a lot cheaper — zero.

But before P-Noy style divorce is allowed, what most men who are separated from their wives would do is to live with a common-law wife or two… heck, as many as they want as long as they have the money. There’s no law against it. But that would be adultery in the eyes of God. But if the bishops on the ground couldn’t care less, who cares? Well, the estranged wives do care cuz they’re the ones left with the kids. With no alimony and child support from the deadbeat dads, how are they going to make ends meet? And they can’t re-marry cuz that’s taboo in Pinas. So, if they end up co-habiting with men, they’re called “querida” or “kabit.” The only time they can re-marry is when their husbands die. Now, would you be surprised if a lot of these men die mysteriously? And the widows are required to mourn for three years. Only in Pinas!

Will this be more acceptable to you? How will the Church & other religious organizations react if this plan is passed and implemented?
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