MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s top ally in Congress proposed new bills to legalise divorce and same-sex unions, a move almost certain to meet fierce resistance from bishops in the mainly Catholic country.
Opening the lower house for its second regular session, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he will file a bill to legally recognise civil partnerships between people of the same sex.
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