Bishop Carlito Cenzon on Same-Sex Marriage:
"Same-sex wedding is wrong and cannot be called a holy union. Naawa tayo sa kanila kasi nagmamahalan sila pero hindi sila pwedeng ikasal. (We pity them, they love each other but they cannot be wed.) Wedding should involve only a woman and a man."
"A same-sex holy union is an insult to the Roman Catholic Church, and that local officials should not support activities like this."
What immediately came into my stirred up mind upon reading such?
- Wrong? Says who? Yes the Bible or did it really say outright? But anyway who can debate with the Holy Bible. (And I dont want to talk about the Bible, I'm no theologian and no Manny Pacquiao.) What is so wrong about a same-sex union (keeping the Bible aside), tell me!? That it is against social norms? That it will be a threat to Filipino values? Then again, is it wrong to go against social norms? What values are they going against with anyway? They also deserve the right to celebrate their love too as any other couple.
- Right, it is an insult to the Roman Catholic Church. Why does it always have to be about the Roman Catholic Church? Do you think other religious groups will care so much if you think they have insulted you for what they believe is right? Do you think they will always consider your standards? FYI, they are not Catholics, not part of you're church thus they are not obliged to go the Vatican way. If you feel insulted, try suing them, on what grounds or what crime, its for you to ponder upon. (And please don't be so quick to judge what gay people want. Realize that you have in your churches gay priests who are either slightly out in the open or completely hiding in their closets feeling stabbed in the heart for every negative remark you say about what they want to fight for )
- And here comes the toll order: "Local officials should not support activities like this." When will the so-called "Separation of the Church and State" ever be fully effective? If you wanted to run a country, then why didn't just choose to be politicians in the first place?
No, I do not have anything against the Bishop (whom I always prayed for when I used to attend masses at Saint Louis University and the Baguio Cathedral, of course the churches here in Manila are mentioning another Bishop during the intercessions). It's just that such statements will always raise questions.
I am aware that even the greater public is against same-sex unions. Well, no matter how awkward and absurd it is, the fact is, we can never eliminate their desire to be together or to be wed. You may also want to shove it down their throats that it wont be legally binding, it won't matter to them as they are not dumb not to know that there is still no law legalizing same-sex marriage in the Philippines. Nobody is forcing you to agree with their choices, but they are humans too, (they are not to be pitied upon because I think that the gay/lesbian community is empowered enough and please they have brilliant brains, they work hard, they are humans! ) and they deserve no less than the same respect we give other people and no less than the happiness we want for ourselves.
Yes this has been impulsively written and I don't think I would have said otherwise if thought about it longer.
