FRANCISCO S. TATAD
FRANCISCO S. TATAD

THE nominally Catholic and superficially Christian “majority” in the House of Representatives would like to have us in their debt by not railroading the bill imposing the death penalty this Christmas. A member of the House says they already have the “numbers,” but they did not want to offend the faith community by ramming it through while Christendom celebrates the birth of Christ and sings of love, joy and peace. At Christmas God chose to be born as man in Jesus Christ, in order to redeem mankind from sin, and the House wants to be seen as respecting the religious belief of over 86 million Filipinos and over one billion Catholics around the world.

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