I am not saying that we dont have a population problem. I see our problem not with the size but more with the quality. Lawmakers should design laws that would increase the quality of family life and defend and strengthen marriage. People who care about family are a minority.

A look at influences on family will surely see that media has had a great and misguided influence on the family and the individual. Our morals and values have been eroded so much that even our ‘guardians’ of morals and values are now discredited and not believed in. People rely more on individual beliefs based on consumerism and hedonism. Many will not agree with me in this matter but having lived in the seventies and today gives me a comparative view on what was and what is. The original Filipino value is critically ill and may die soon and be change with foreign morals and values.

Going back to the Bill, the danger of mis-use is great. The right of parents over their children is superceded. The parents do not have a control over the sex education of their children. They are merely given a copy on what the children will be taught. Employers are given the burden of giving the so called ’services’ to their employees when they dont even have the ability to do so. The poor construction of the Bill allows young children and adults to the same educational material. The moral degradation that the Bill will give is very much present. When we talk of HIV or STD, we are talking of extramarital sex or even multi-partners relationships.

People of the present generation will think of me as old fashioned, but what I carry in me is still the remnant of the Filipino morals and values that was instilled in me by my forefathers. If the present generation cannot carry this morals and values, it cannot be called Filipino.

I say, let the real Filipino spirit, which was built upon the blood of our heroes be allowed to live.

These old men like to do things the WAY they see it fit; a notable example is the prevention of AIDS without using contraceptives – it is simply impossible and impractical.

And it is not surprising that there is a direct proportion between being a lapdog of bishops and being poor. That’s one of the reasons why the Philippines never came out of poverty. There is simply NO PROGRESS in the hands of the Church.

I hope the legislators will listen to the majority of Filipinos who want the state to provide services for reproductive health instead of the exhortations of the bishops who want to impose their beliefs on everyone.

Young as a mind as I have, I knew what they were saying were horribly misconstrued. We studied the Constitution in High School. It expressly states the protection of the life of mother and child, right? So if they say that the Bill is unconstitutional, it wouldn’t be passed. What were they worrying about?

And can’t they realize that holiness is the least of the priorities someone with nothing to feed six children? I mean, COME ON.

The future we save today are the very same people who scream hosannah to some God up there for saving them from overpopulation at the expense of pro-abortion, pro-population control martyrdom.

And God shines then at expense of Satanic people who opted for population control …

SEE? GOD IS SMART!!! AND PEOPLE ARE FILIPINOS (Meaning, extremely dumb)

@ CD, thanks very much. This will help greatly in looking into the deeper details of the debate. And thank you also for pointing me to your site. I hope to learn more about the CFC controversy, being a lapsed member although we were active for quite a number of years.