My friends horrible situation

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My friend who lives in the Philippines wants to divorce only she can't as the law of her country forbids divorce. Even violence or adultery are not considered valid grounds for divorce.

 

Under the current Philippine law divorce is not possible. A marriage can only be annulled, separation is possible under certain strict conditions but it prevents remarriage.

 

Grounds for annulment are very strict and minimal. Adultery, homosexuality or physical violence are not accepted as reasons for annulment. Basically the law as it currently exists turns many people especially women into modern day slaves, unable to escape from an adulterous or violent husband or a bad marriage.

 

Indissoluble marriage is an academic figment, advocated only by celibates and by comfortably married people who imagine that if other couples are uncomfortable it must be their own fault, just as rich people are apt to imagine that if other people are poor it serves them right.

 

She is stuck in an unhappy marriage and unable to get out of it. Daily she undergoes the abuse from her partner and it has made her depressed and she is even having suicidal thoughts lately.

 

If you agree everyone should have the right to step out of a bad marriage please sign the petition so the outdated law can be changed.

 

http://goo.gl/XNdN0U

[GoBlue]

Indissoluble marriage is an academic figment, advocated only by celibates and by comfortably married people who imagine that if other couples are uncomfortable it must be their own fault, just as rich people are apt to imagine that if other people are poor it serves them right.

 

I certainly do not agree with the above quote. I do agree, however, that marriage is a covenant between two people who choose to be in that relationship. Even under the OT law Moses made provision for divorce which was strictly forbidden accept in cases of adultery (this was a concession made because of the hardness of the people's hearts). Love at its very core, however, is a choice and abuse/adultery should never be tolerated.

 

I don't know how you expect a petition signed in the US to have any impact on laws in the Philippines. Although you and I may not agree with their laws or culture, I don't think they really care how we feel.