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PHILIPPINES’ QUEZON CITY GOES AFTER WORLD ZUMBA RECORD; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NEXT

October 10, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Quezon City, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – October marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of Quezon City, former capital of the Philippines and part of the larger Metro Manila.

The city government, under the leadership of former child actor Mayor Herbert Bautista, is going for the big guns as part of celebrating this milestone.

zumbaparty On October 12, Quezon City is holding what it hopes to be the largest Zumba class in the world and has set its eyes on the Guinness World Record.

But Bautista is not stopping there. He has announced that he wants his city to be the first in the Philippines and in all of Asia to recognize same-sex marriage.

None of the countries in Asia allow same-sex marriage and none would recognize such marriages performed elsewhere in the world where it is now legal.

Bautista however acknowledged that even if he succeeds in bringing same-sex marriage to Quezon City, he knows it would not be valid since cities cannot establish their own marriage laws. (In the U.S., same-sex marriage laws are established by individual states).

As an alternative, Bautista said plans to hold the largest invalid same-sex mass wedding in his city, and achieve another Guinness World Record. He will personally officiate the mass wedding which he hopes to organize and schedule on February 14, 2015.

“This will be my Valentine’s gift to the city, and to my millions of LGBT friends and colleagues,” he said.

International, Law Enforcement, LGBT, Politics, Religion, Same-sex Marriage

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL PASSES IN PHILIPPINE CONGRESS

July 5, 2014 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Amid pressure from the powerful Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), a bill to legalize same-sex marriage has passed in the legislature of this predominantly Catholic country.

This stunning development came just days after countries the world over celebrated LGBT Pride with parades and festivals. June is considered Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall riots in New York City, an event that many consider to be the birth of the modern-day LGBT freedom movement.

It was a unanimous vote in both houses of Philippine Congress. Representatives and Senators voted to declare the bill DOA, or “dead on arrival.” The proposal ‘passed away’ without even making it out of committee.

As expected, the CBCP praised this monumental Congressional development and commented on the dead bill, saying “R.I.P.”

Film and TV, Politics, Same-sex Marriage, The Media

ELLEN DEGENERES BACKS OUT OF HOSTING THE OSCARS

February 17, 2014 Pol Pinoy 5 Comments

Hollywood, California – Ellen DeGeneres will not host this year’s Oscars after all. The famous lesbian comedienne backed out of her hosting duties in protest of what she called “insensitivity and unfairness” on the part of the Oscar producers. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is scrambling to find a replacement in time for the scheduled show on March 2.

The irreconcilable disagreement with the Academy sprang from a personal request from DeGeneres that she include in her opening monologue an actual marriage ceremony between her and her spouse Portia de Rossi. Although they are already married, DeGeneres wanted to make a public statement in support of same-sex marriage in the country. So far, only 17 of the 50 states have legalized same-sex marriage.

“Hey, if Queen Latifah can officiate marriages during the Grammies, why can’t I marry Portia again in front of millions of television viewers,” DeGeneres told reporters.

For its part the Academy said that it was afraid viewers might tuneout of the Oscars if it granted DeGeneres’ request, especially in the states still opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage. DeGeneres’ response? “Who cares? Nobody lives in those states!”