The Roman Catholic Church and the Philippine Government are still arguing about the controversial proposal of the Divorce bill. Since then, divorce bill has been passing on the court many times and still, it is not yet approved because of the fact that many Filipinos especially Roman Catholics opposed on the issue. They insisted that it can only erode the family-centered Filipino culture. They also say that the main effect of divorce is to ruin the sanctity of marriage. On the other hand, the congress wants to implement this bill to give spouses under broken marriage the freedom to remarry and possibly succeed in attaining a stable and fulfilling family life.
When we say marriage, we can conclude that it is a sacred union between two couples united by God in the form of receiving one of the holy seven sacraments, the Holy Matrimony. Once you enter the church and takes this sacrament, you promised with each other not only in the front of the priest or other people but also in the presence of God that for better or for worse, in sickness or in health, no one can separate you till death. But what if the couples decided to put an end on their relationship? What proper action must be done or should I say, is divorce a reliable one?
If we believe that marriage is sacred and then divorce should not be implemented. Divorce can be liberating, depressing, frustrating, or traumatic to any person who experiences it. This bill gives way to a mentality that we can now choose anybody to wedding since if it will not work out, we can easily divorce our partner. The sacredness of marriage is then disrespected. Let us say that you want to separate your partner because of some cases of physical abuse, maltreatment or battering therefore, divorce is not an option. Why don’t we give those partners another chance to live in the fullest and not persuade them to divorce? How about those couples who can still save their marriage yet they decided to put an end on their relationship? What will happen on their children, on their family which is considered as the fount of love, protection and care? Nowadays, there are number of adolescents coming from broken home and it has a large effect on their studies and whole entire life. Perhaps the most painful part on the process of divorce is when the children get involved and when they all get trapped in the situation. These children may suffer significant losses in their lives and unless the situation can be handled in a civil manner, they will become prone to the psychological torment that could affect them for the rest of their lives...
Yes, we know that the effects of divorce can be very devastating especially when children are involved. In fact, there are other children, who witness the simple misunderstanding of their parents which lead to separation, how come if the parents decided to have a divorce? Poor child that he/she is a product of broken home meaning that his /her parent’s relationship lost in just a blink of an eye.
It’s just a thought from my end saying I do not want to criticize any prevailing laws of our Republic. I just want to say what we feel that in our life time we must have come across hundreds of couples who suffer because the society did not give them a second chance. To avoid this, always bear in mind that for as long as God is here, giving up is never a choice. Those trials or heartaches in a relationship are not an acceptable reason to have a divorce instead consider it as a blessing because it makes your relationship stronger. Do not consider divorce as your choice but consider God as your best choice.
