2003 was the year when Massachusetts, United States, decided to recognize marriage equality. In 2015, it was the whole USA. But now, due to a strange case, the Social Security Administraton has recognized a marriage between two men that happened decades prior. Back in 1970, Richard John “Jack” Baker applied for a marriage license with […]
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Weddings Are Not A Magic Solution For Troubled Relationships
Making the relationship work and making it last is the couple’s responsibility; both persons has to make an effort and to contribute in their relationship. Any success or failure of any relationship does not rely in any other external force, person or thing. It is with the couple. God guides and blesses couples. The mere […]
What Really Happens With the Holy Union Fee
The money that is received from the Holy Union is pooled together in the Church’s official bank account. No person or leader from the Church receives any Holy Union money, partially or as a whole by hand or by money transfer issued in any person’s name. The Union fee is sacred in the sense that […]
How LGBT+ Weddings Are Also an Act of Advocacy
I often tell couples that their decision to have a blessing with family and friends through a wedding ceremony is both fortunate and unfortunate.Unfortunate because it is still not legally recognized here and not yet socially accepted. It is fortunate because, even though the couple may have simply decided and planned it for themselves, whether […]
Watch: Gay Wedding Trailer Will Make You Teary-Eyed
A gay couple from the Philippines made a video trailer for their upcoming wedding in Tagaytay this coming August. They even made a website for their upcoming wedding, twogroomstwogardens.com – supposedly a pun on the venue name, which is Two Gardens. The same-sex wedding, or “holy union“, will be officiated by Open Table MCC – an […]
#LoveWins: Pinoy Celebrity Couples Who Are LGBT+
Get to know the LGBT celebrities in this gallery who found love and are not ashamed to show it. 1 – Trixie and Art Miss International Queen 2015 Trixie Maristela and Art Sta Ana are in a long-term relationship. Art was so inspired by their queer relationship, that he wrote a book called “He’s Dating […]