“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” The Beatles This LGBT+ Couple decided to have a same-sex wedding despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Luckily, Open Table MCC is one of the few Christian Churches in Metro Manila that opened its doors for same-sex couples and LGBT+ […]
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On the Decision of the Philippine Supreme Court Regarding Same-Sex Marriage
Reading the whole decision of the Supreme Court, the court did not absolutely turn down same-sex marriage. In fact, the court, to some degree, declared their agreement to the very essence of the petition, that the constitution does not prohibit marriage on the basis of sexual orientation. Important lessons can be learned by the litigant […]
Watch: Journey of Gay Couple Who Met on Facebook
Love truly knows no borders. And for that matter, even gender or race. Don Mueller originally met Oriel Briguela online via Facebook. Don is a member of Metropolitan Community Church or MCC, under Founders MCC in Los Angeles, California. Oriel is also an MCC member in the Philippines, under MCC Quezon City (now known as […]
Why Marriage Equality Is More Than for Same-Sex Couples
The fight of Marriage Equality is not just about same-sex couples and couples with transgender partners being legally protected. Marriage Equality in the Philippines must include the overhaul of the current Family Code of the Philippines which is actually anti-women with its adultery and concubinage provisions. Marriage law in the Philippines and the current societal […]
Gay Couple’s Wedding Video Went Viral – We Asked How They Handled The Hate
David and Ryan have been together for four years. They met on the 12th of March in 2015. They are officially celebrating their first anniversary this year, on the 18th of August. It has been a year since Open Table MCC (a church that conducts same-sex unions) has officiated David and Ryan’s wedding. A few […]
Same-Sex Couple Come Together in Beautiful Wedding
Love is a joint experience between two persons–but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. Carson McCullers, Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual joining of two persons […]
Love Fills the Air in This Intimate LGBT Wedding
If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. It is about appreciation. Osho A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual […]
Lesbian Couple Celebrates Wedding in Small Chapel
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. Lao Tzu A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual joining of two persons regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is a celebration of love witness and affirmed by their friends, family, […]
LGBT Couple Looks So Sweet During Wedding
You don’t love someone because they’re perfect; you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not. Jodi Picoult A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual joining of two persons regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is a celebration of love witness and affirmed by their friends, family, […]
Love Conquers All in this Gay Wedding in the Philippines
If all else perished and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger. Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights A Holy Union is a wedding ceremony, which is a spiritual joining of two persons regardless of sexual orientation and gender […]