Contrary to this belief, the Anti-Discrimination Bill or Senate Bill 2814 (The Anti-Ethnic or Racial Profiling and Discrimination Act of 2011) does not include the legalization of same sex marriage hence it focuses on the equal treatment of all people regardless of their race, religion, and gender preferences.
After hearing this news, many LGBT rights advocates were disappointed with the statement of the church and wanted to start a movement againts the stand of CBCP. The passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill is the focus of the different LGBT organizations in the Phillippines because this will lessen the oppression of the LGBT people in the country. There was a rumored Pride March that will be conducted but was not pushed through. However, the LGBT advocates, led by Ladlad Partylist, went caroling at CBCP to protest instead and carried banners saying "“All We Want For Christmas is our Human Rights.”
According to Danton Remoto, the chairman emeritus of Ladlad Partylist once said, "The CBCP’s proposition is lamentable, defective and thoughtless because it claims that being LGBT is a choice, which makes them ineligible for being protected under the law." The LGBT organizations promises to continue in their different rallies to ensure that the sexual orientation and gender identity be included in the Anti-Discrimination Bill despite the resistance from the Catholic Church.
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