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Rev. Dr. Edgar Javier, SVD, PhD, SThD, DMiss
of legal separation (Family Code of the Philippines, Title II, Art. 55 6). Hence one cannot
marry his own sex type.
Though we have sufficient laws and ordinances that tell us the conditions of marrying,
this does mean that same sex marriage will not be legal in the distant future. These laws are just
made by the lawyers during certain times in order to address and national need. Who knows, we
may have some unconstitutional law makers in the coming generations and may pass the bill
legalizing same sex marriage in the Philippines.
SOURCES:
1987 Philippiine Constitution
The Family Code of the Philippines (Executive Order No. 209) 1988 Edition