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1 Movie: Man of the Year, 2006, Campaign Season Speech, on the issue of Gay
Marriage.
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2 http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/Pa-St/Sex-Reassignment-Surgery.html
3 Article 2(1), Family Code of the Philippines.
4 Art. 1: A State Party to the Covenant that becomes a Party to the present
Protocol recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider
communications from individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be
victims of a violation by that State Party of any of the rights set forth in the
Covenant. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a
State Party to the Covenant which is not a Party to the present Protocol.
5 Art. 2: Subject to the provisions of article 1, individuals who claim that any of
their rights enumerated in the Covenant have been violated and who have
exhausted all available domestic remedies may submit a written communication
to the Committee for consideration.
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9 Article 10. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: (1) x x x
Marriage must be entered into with the free consent of the intending spouses. x
xx
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THE VIOLATIONS
Contemplating from the above cited stipulations and preambles of the
Universal Declaration on Human Rights20 and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights21 it is clear that it guarantees
every person, in recognition of its inherent dignity, an inalienable right to
Family since it is the foundation of Freedom, Justice and Peace in the
World.
Humanities attempt to pursue equal rights have lead us to the conclusion
that Men and Women have a common goal to achieve social progress and
20 Art. 16(1)
21 Art. 23
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