This article spells out the ways which relig eedom has been ployed agast proponents of same-sex marriage and genr equaly the Philipp. While the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny and alli have appealed to relig eedom to ga equal rights unr the law, nservative Christian enti have fought back by vokg the same notn. They have appropriated relig eedom, which has historilly been terpreted by the urts favour of dividual liberti, to fend majorarian valu surroundg sexualy. This article scrib this move as the weaponisatn of relig eedom fence of the domant relign and an assumed majory of Filipos whose moral sensibili are purportedly unr attack. Towards the end, the article relat this weaponisatn to the experience of the Catholic Church the ntemporary public sphere and the ant character of Christiany that ntu to view the Philipp as a Christian natn.
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GAY RIGHTS THE PHILIPP
The Philipp is nsired as a gay-iendly untry. However, is reported that Filipo Lbian, Gay, Transgenr and Bisexual (LGBT) muny, pecially LGBT stunts are.. * lgbt articles in the philippines 2019 *
Members of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) muny were swiftly up arms.
The stggle to end discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons is a global challenge, and one that is central to the Uned Stat’ mment to promotg human rights.” -Uned Stated Print Barrack Obama (2011) * lgbt articles in the philippines 2019 *
Although homosexualy was mon the two ci, those who warn agast the liftyle of Sodom share this belief: Sodom and Gomorrah were stroyed not bee the people there were homosexuals, but “bee they engaged immoral, homosexual acts total abandon. But many n fd solace the words of Pope Francis who, strsg homosexuals should not be nmned, said 2013: “If a person is gay and seeks out the Lord and is willg, who am I to judge that person?
” Years later, the Pope said that when he blurted his famo words on homosexualy, he was “paraphrasg by heart the Catechism of the Catholic Church where says that the people should be treated wh licy and not be margalized.
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The LGBTQ muny n also fd solace the apology issued last June by the Amerin Psychoanalytic Associatn (APsaA) for prevly treatg homosexualy as a mental illns. Psychiatrists classified homosexualy as a disorr 1973 and psychoanalysts did the same around 20 years later.
IN THE past week, there have been tense discsns on LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer) rights the after Gretchen Diez, a transgenr woman, allegedly experienced discrimatn at the Farmer’s Plaza Mall Cubao, Quezon Cy on Augt 13.