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- Ligne n°268 : Former UP Law dean Pacifico Agabin recently emphasized that prohibiting same-sex marriage violates equal protection and the right to privacy. Agabin reacted to a lecture by retired justice Jose Vitug to senior judges, where Vitug opined that the Philippines is unlikely to follow the global trend recognizing same-sex marriages, but that there might be a need to recognize property relations among same-sex couples. But Agabin is right, and even a seemingly reasonable start with economic relationships is outmoded and no longer a valid framework for discussion.
- Ligne n°268 : Former UP Law dean Pacifico Agabin recently emphasized that prohibiting same-sex marriage violates equal protection and the right to privacy. Agabin reacted to a lecture by retired justice Jose Vitug to senior judges, where Vitug opined that the Philippines is unlikely to follow the global trend recognizing same-sex marriages, but that there might be a need to recognize property relations among same-sex couples. But Agabin is right, and even a seemingly reasonable start with economic relationships is outmoded and no longer a valid framework for discussion.
- Ligne n°274 : A mere 10 years ago, I was studying the Massachusetts Goodridge decision in Prof. Elizabeth Pangalangan’s class, the first US state (and sixth global) decision in favor of same-sex marriage. It obliquely pronounced marriage as a set of economic benefits such as tax exemptions. Goodridge stopped short of stating that same-sex marriages must be allowed, accepting “civil unions” or some other recognized partnership that is not marriage so long as homosexuals received the same economic benefits.
- Ligne n°274 : A mere 10 years ago, I was studying the Massachusetts Goodridge decision in Prof. Elizabeth Pangalangan’s class, the first US state (and sixth global) decision in favor of same-sex marriage. It obliquely pronounced marriage as a set of economic benefits such as tax exemptions. Goodridge stopped short of stating that same-sex marriages must be allowed, accepting “civil unions” or some other recognized partnership that is not marriage so long as homosexuals received the same economic benefits.
- Ligne n°278 : A primacy on publicly recognizing this dignity, not Goodridge’s legal acrobatics, is now the mainstream argument for same-sex marriage. The US Supreme Court nullified the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, concluding: “The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment.” Funny enough, after years of intense legal debate, the most compelling conclusion from Agabin, Tribe and the US Supreme Court is that simple word “dignity.” Law at the highest level is as simple as it is profound.
- Ligne n°280 : Even funnier, no intellectual, legal argument has gained traction against the simple word. Religious objections are out of bounds. Abstract claims of morality fail against an invocation of a human right. Inability to procreate is irrelevant as infertile heterosexuals are allowed to marry and several US states allow first cousins to marry if the union would be infertile. The latest argument was that same-sex marriages must be prohibited to protect children. Last September, Judge Richard Posner threw this out, as allowing same-sex couples to marry can only avoid stigmatizing and harming the children they adopt. Note how each such argument fails to address dignity.
- Ligne n°286 : Oscar Franklin Tan (@oscarfbtan, facebook.com/OscarFranklinTan) published “Marriage Through Another Lens: Weighing the Validity of Same-Sex Marriages By Applying Arguments to Bisexuals and Transsexuals (81 PHIL. L.J. 789 (2006))” and “Articulating the Complete Philippine Right to Privacy, 82(4) PHIL. L.J. 78 (2008)).”
Ligne n°299 : ... * right to privacy- Ligne n°300 : * same-sex marriage