Church firm against same-sex marriage

THE Church will support measures that mandate equal treatment for all, but will strongly oppose any move that will recognize same-sex marriage, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

In a pastoral guidance, CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas clarified the stand of the Church on same-sex marriage as Congress moves for approval of the proposed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Bill, more popularly known as Anti-Discrimination Bill.