SAY NO TO DIVORCE BILL

By: Denise Kenneth M. Cejo

Attention Step A certain young man was once asked of his understanding about marriage. According to him, marriage is when man and woman commits to each other, live together and when their relationship does not work anymore, will see separation as an answer to their problem.

Need Step Marriage is a vocation and is therefore a holy sacrament. The priest, as a principal witness, officiates and unites both man and woman through this sacrament. Through this, man and woman becomes one, for according to Jesus, Man shall be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh What God has joined together, let no man separate. Therefore, engaging to this vocation entails an obligation, a great responsibility! Self-preparedness is a key tool to this vocation. Nowadays, people tend to forget the real essence of this sacrament. As what the young man stated on his opinion that if married couple seems that their relationship is not anymore working, will see separation as an answer to their problem. Going seriously to the issue of divorce bill, we are all aware that this ideology is unacceptable in Christian context because man and woman are bounded to become one and no man or any law of man could unbind their vowed vocation. And since we are Filipinos, we are traditionally bound to be conservative when it comes to family and most especially in the preservation of a good and successful marriage. If this bill will be taken up and applied in the Philippines, our valuing of this sacrament would become no sense at all. As a result, adults and most especially their children are affected because there is no more proper guidance in maintaining moral values within the family and individuals.

Satisfaction Step We need to move and make an action to decline the pursuance of the Divorce Bill in our country. I am knocking on all of your consciences to decline divorce bill and uphold the moral family values and let our woes and rights be heard. With no doubt, the people on those with positions in the government will find numerous and effective solutions on stopping the pursuance of this bill.

Visualization Step Please do internalize that if we do not do anything about the proposition, it is expected that many people would loosen their grip to a rightful marriage. Many children will be left orphaned and will be engaged into juvenile delinquency that will surely increase crime rates and affect human conduct. To address the problems of some couples, divorce is not a solution. At the very start, I said that to be engaged to this vocation entails a lot of responsibility and preparedness. If you continue to pursue marriage without any preparations, then do not engage, you are just making your life miserable. I personally challenge married couples to value what you have vowed in front of the altar because this sacrament is no joke, and to our government to find solutions and convincing ways to stop the legalization of the said bill. Let us stand for our rights and put up family and Filipino values.

Action Step The least we can do is to be responsible of our decisions and actions in life. Let us realize the importance of the preservation of marriage and love in the family for us to gain a good and brighter future. Finally, instead of being coward in facing the existing reality of deviance, let us be fearless and courageous enough to raise morality among humanities. Say NO TO DIVORCE BILL!