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An Inconvenient Truth About Gambling

In a country where it could hardly make both ends meet in terms of revenue short fall, on the one hand, and widening deficit virtually locked in vicious cycle (ad infinitum) on the other hand, the proposition of a billion dollar tax revenue derived from  high roller stakes gambling, like the ones commonly featured in [...]

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The Resurgence Of The Divorce Bill: Where Are We Headed?

The Resurgence Of The Divorce Bill: Where Are We Headed?

Here we go again!  Fasten your seat belt for another roller coaster ride for the resurgence of the divorce bill. Time and again from one Congress to the other, whenever legislative actions are made in the hall of Congress to pass the divorce bill into law, it always ends in failure.
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Same Sex Marriage: What Have We Become?

Same Sex Marriage: What Have We Become?

Erstwhile, Marriage has been an exclusive privilege between a man and a woman. It’s hard to think that one day it becomes a privilege, too, of the same sex. But as it is, it is now a reality to behold.  
Recently, Argentina, a predominantly Catholic country, took the stage of world politics by surprise when it signed a bill into law granting  same sex marriage to homosexuals. For [...]

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What The Church Is Up Against: Sex Education At The Wrong Way And Time?

What The Church Is Up Against: Sex Education At The Wrong Way And Time?

At about the nearing end of the previous administration, the Government through the agency of the Department of Education had been pushing real hard the plan to introduce “Sex Education” into the curriculum on primary and secondary levels.  Good thing though, the Roman Catholic Church, in particular, who guides and looks after the spiritual and [...]

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Why The Reproductive Health Bill Is An Affront To Morality?

Why The Reproductive Health Bill Is An Affront To Morality?

The Reproductive Health Bill is a house bill authored by Rep. Edcel Lagman, et. al. and filed in the 14th congress. Its Full title is: House Bill No. 5043 “An Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population Development and for Other Purposes. ” Its shorten title is: the “Reproductive Health And [...]

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In Defense Of Church Scandals

In Defense Of Church Scandals

First things first: let a word of caution shall be called into order so as to dispel any cloud of doubts as to any ulterior motives or hidden agenda as the title might have strongly and prematurely suggested. So don’t be carried away with the title! After all, nothing is what it seems. However, far from [...]

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The Pillars Of Hercules For Human And Embryonic Stem Cell Cloning

The Pillars Of Hercules For Human And Embryonic Stem Cell Cloning

As a backgrounder: “Stem cells are the progenitors of all the different cell types in a human or other multi-cellular organism. They differ from all other kinds of cells in the body in three important ways: They replicate themselves many times over, often for long periods of time, they are unspecialized, and they can give [...]

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Why The Roman Catholic Is The True Church Of Christ?

Why The Roman Catholic Is The True Church Of Christ?

The truth in a given proposition say, the founding of a true church, is only one. According to the principle of bi-valence or excluded middle or golden mean either the one is true or the other is false. But reality check, as it is today, there are many who claim one after the other, and [...]

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