SAME-SEX

MARRIAGE
IN THE PHILIPPINES
by JAMES CEDRICK LITA
 WHAT IS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
The practice of marriage between two men or between
two women. Although same-sex marriage has been
regulated through law, religion, and custom in most
countries of the world, the legal and social responses
have ranged from celebration on the one hand to
criminalization on the other.
Only 2 in 10 Filipinos favor
same-sex marriage – SWS
The results of a Social Weather Stations survey held
in March 2018 also show that opposition to same-sex
civil unions is strongest in the Visayas and 'among
single men who are widowed/separated/divorced'
 61% 22% 16%
DISAGREE AGREE UNDECIDED
 01 02 03 04

11% agree 24% agree 12% agree 15% agree

74% disagree 60% disagree 60% disagree 70% disagree
IGLESIA NI CRISTO NI MANALO ROMAN CATHOLIC ISLAM OTHER CHRISTIAN
DENOMINATIONS