R.H. Bill vs. Divorce Bill

Recently, the Philippines has been bombarded with several ethical issues that forces its people to question their moral stand in society. These issues result in people taking one side of the argument and divides the people into a “pro or an anti-debate”. A very familiar controversy that has stirred a long and tiring argument is the Reproductive Health Bill. The debate over Reproductive Health Bill has been going on for so long that that it has become sort of a joke for me than a serious argument because the R.H. Bill resulted in several ridiculous and irrational arguments that I never thought people could make regarding such a serious issue. And now, even if the controversy hasn’t been concluded yet, people are already moving on to the next argument which is about the House Bill 1799 or more commonly known as the Divorce Bill.

               

                Personally, I don’t really understand this sudden fascination about ethical issues in society. Yes, maybe the R.H. Bill does involve society because it involves social classes but what about the Divorce Bill? It doesn't really involve society because it is more of a domestic affair. Agreeably, I find it wise that the senators want to resolve the R.H. Bill controversy before moving on to the Divorce Bill but does it really matter? If the R.H. Bill were to be passed then that means that there is no reason not to pass the Divorce Bill because the Divorce Bill possesses less ethical issues. I believe that there is no life involve so there is no moral obligation to preserve something. So the argument about the R.H. Bill holds the key to the results in the Divorce Bill as well because if the R.H. Bill failed to pass then that would mean that the chances of the Divorce Bill being passed would also be slim. It wouldn’t really make sense if they can pass something like the R.H. Bill and not pass the Divorce Bill because that is simply hypocrisy. However, that doesn’t mean that I am for the Divorce Bill because personally I think the concept of marriage is a load of farce. In my life, I’ve only met two, maybe three couples who have a real working marriage. Those are the few exceptions where I believe that marriage actually works. The rest of the time most marriages are nothing more than smokes and mirrors couples use to hide their misery. The whole ceremony itself is mostly pointless when you think about how most marriages fail because the whole ceremony focuses on oath takings about spending lifetimes together.

                I believe that the Reproductive Health Bill makes more sense than the Divorce Bill because it possesses that necessity to help improve society. The Divorce Bill doesn’t really carry any moral obligation in improving society because it takes place in a domestic scenario. The concept of marriage nowadays is just a term used to label couples who are together. I don’t believe that it truly holds the original concept of marriage anymore.