{"id":939561,"date":"2017-10-21T07:18:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=939561"},"modified":"2017-10-21T01:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:20:18","slug":"philippine-news-updates-speaker-pantaleon-alvarez-civil-partnership-act-hb-6595-lgbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/939561\/philippine-news-updates-speaker-pantaleon-alvarez-civil-partnership-act-hb-6595-lgbt","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez files house bill recognizing LGBT unions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. INQUIRER PHOTO\/LYN RILLON<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has formally filed a bill seeking to recognize licensed unions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples.<\/p>\n

Calling such unions \u201ccivil partnerships,\u201d Alvarez filed House Bill (HB) No. 6595 seeking to grant LGBT couples the same rights and privileges enjoyed by spouses.<\/p>\n

Titled the Civil Partnership Act, HB 6595 proposes to allow consenting adults \u201cof either the same or opposite sex\u201d to form \u201ccivil partnership couples\u201d that enjoy \u201call benefits and protections … granted to spouses in a marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, the laws of marital relations, rights to a child and intestate succession or inheritance would be the same as those of married couples.<\/p>\n

Tax benefits and labor privileges would likewise be similar.<\/p>\n

Civil partnership couples would also \u201cautomatically\u201d have insurable interest over their partners, allowing them to claim benefits from the Social Security System, Government Service Insurance System, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and other state agencies.<\/p>\n

Civil partnership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the bill, no one can enter into a civil partnership unless he or she is at least 18 years old and \u201cfree from any previous bond of marriage or civil partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Couples have to \u201cshare a common domicile\u201d for at least two uninterrupted years during the time of application for a license, and their relationship should be \u201cpublicly known.\u201d<\/p>\n

Administering officers for marriages under Article 7 of the Family Code would also be authorized to administer civil partnerships, but priests or their equivalents would be free to choose whether to officiate over a civil partnership ceremony.<\/p>\n

Under the bill, civil partnership couples would be allowed to adopt children as long as they meet legal qualifications but \u201conly when there are no married couples willing to adopt the child,\u201d or if the child belonged to one of the partners.<\/p>\n

Civil partnership couples would also be bound by the marital communication privilege, which prohibits them from testifying against the other.<\/p>\n

The bill also lists down \u201cunlawful or discriminatory employment practices,\u201d including refusal to hire on the basis of civil partnership status and imposes a penalty of P100,000 to P500,000.<\/p>\n

Civil partners would have the same legal duties and obligations as married couples.<\/p>\n

Co-ownership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the bill, properties acquired by couples \u201cwhile they live together\u201d are presumed to be obtained through joint effort and governed by co-ownership rules, unless proven otherwise.<\/p>\n

The proposed measure provides a way for the dissolution of civil partnerships where the grounds for legal separation, annulment and declaration of nullity of marriages are applicable.<\/p>\n

Besides Alvarez, also listed as authors were Reps. Geraldine Roman, the country\u2019s first transgender lawmaker; Raneo Abu; Frederick Abueg; Len Alonte-Naguiat; Sandra Eriguel; Gwendolyn Garcia; Sharon Garin; Victoria Isabel Noel; and Eric Singson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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