[EQ-LAVOTE] Know what your future President's stand on SSM











Here is where the presidential candidates stand when it comes to same-sex marriage.







Jojo Binay - "I take the position of the Catholic Church (against same-sex marriage)."http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/122722-binay-defends-pacquiao-same-sex-marriage

Rody Duterte - (In 2012) "Being married and marrying the person that you love is a matter of choice. Gays are supposed to have the equal rights and freedom as heterosexuals, including the freedom to marry and build a family."
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/31639/palace-says-gay-marriage-not-for-ph-but-davaos-duterte-calls-it-a-matter-of-choice

(In 2016) Asked if he will push for legalizing same-sex marriage if elected president, he said that he would not push for it, citing the civil code of the Philippines, which is based on universally accepted Christian tenets.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/01/21/1544780/duterte-supports-gays-wont-push-same-sex-marriage

Grace Poe - "We have to be able to include in our laws 'unions.' Maybe not exactly marriages but to be able to recognize the rights of (same-sex) partners."
http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/grace-poe-pushes-for-rights-of-same-sex-partners/ar-BBoOlh5?li=AAb280R

Mar Roxas - "As a matter of public policy, I am not in favor of same-sex marriage. However, I have family members who are very close to their partners and I respect them, love them, accept them wholeheartedly." http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/553443/news/nation/roxas-not-in-favor-of-divorce-same-sex-marriage

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago - "Marriage is a union founded on the distinction of sex. That contracting parties must be of different sex is, in fact, a requirement under the provisions on legal capacity."
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/124198/3-of-5-presidentiables-agree-with-pacquiao-vs-same-sex-marriage--guess-who

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