Go to www.congress.gov.ph and look for the online poll that asks: Are you in favor of the proposal in the House of Representatives which legalizes same-sex unions as civil partnership in the country? There are three options: Yes, because this will give equal civil rights to same-sex couples. The bill provides such couples with legal […]
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Our Love is Not Our Own
Our love has been and continues to be rejected, demonized and hidden away. There are those who stood up and fought for such love and some of them got killed fighting and speaking. While it seems that our love and relationships are very personal and domesticated, closeted in some situations, we must realize the tremendous […]
1971 “Invalid” Gay Marriage License Now Gets Legally Recognized in USA
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 […]
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 […]
Mass Holy Union 2018: Register Now!
Open Table MCC – Metropolitan Community Church is once again offering a Mass Holy Union (Same-Sex Wedding) for LGBT+ Couples on 2018. Fee is Php 400.00 ONLY. This is also open to straight couples who wish to have a purely religious blessing without any legal effect. This is mainly to answer the need of same-sex […]
Check Out These LGBT-Accepting Wedding Suppliers in the Philippines
Are you a lesbian couple or gay couple or LGBT+ couple looking for wedding suppliers in the Philippines who accepts same-sex clients? We know it’s a daunting task to search for suppliers for your wedding ceremony or holy union ceremony, only to find out that they won’t give you the wedding services that you need […]
This Gay Christian Wedding Proves Love Conquers All
Jayson and Morris met 10 years ago in a bus journey to Manila. They have been together ever since. And after a decade of love, loyalty and all the struggles as well as joys of a loving relationship, they decided to celebrate their love with family and friends through a blessing of the rite of […]