Following the Annual Mt. Samat Pilgrimage, the people, especially the young people of the diocese of Balanga and from other diocese in the Central Luzon Region solidifies their stand against the proposed RB bill last Nov. 26, in Mt. Samat, Balanga, Bataan.
Jerome Tuazon, a 4th high school student and former staffer of the school paper, Extra, was one of the marshals who went around getting signatures for the anti-RH bill signature campaign.
In our school, Tuazon said, we also had a signature campaign for the RH Bill.
“Minsan nahihiya din kasi may mga nakikiargue na tao. Pag nag-sign naman po, may mga nagtatanong din”, Tuazon also said.
He raised that first of all, as a Christian, people must follow the teachings of the Church about the issue. “In my own opinion, RH bill is one way of killing”.
Why the RH bill shouldn’t be passed? Tuazon asked.
“Minsan din kasi nasa disiplina ng tao. Kung ayaw nilang lumaki ang pamilya nila, dapat matuto sila ng natural family planning. Useless din naman ang RH bill kung pwede naman disiplinahin ang ating sarili (Sometimes it is all about discipline. If they don’t want that their family will grow big, they must learn natural family planning. RH bill is useless if we can discipline ourselves)”, answering his question.
On why and how he knows about the issue, Tuazon said that as a blogger, he always checks the news and as of now, the bill is still a hot topic among bloggers.
As far as collected signature matters, there are only 256 signatures collected, but Fr. Joshua Santos, MMHC, the Diocesan Youth Director of Bataan diocese estimates the number of signatures collected to be near 2,000.
“It's a difficult time for us, especially to the youth. Kapag naapprove ang RH Bill, ‘yung mga values na pinaglalaban natin like purity, chasity, lahat ‘yun maiisantabi at mababali wala (If the bill will be approved, the values that we are teaching like purity, chastity, all of those will be disregarded). The values of the youth will change”, Santos said.
Mayor Jose Enrique ‘Jo-et’ Garcia of Balanga City expressed that the city and the government is anti-RH.
“These pills are under group 1 in the list of drugs that are carcinogenic. Galing 'to mismo sa WHO biennial report of 2005”, Garcia emphasized on why contraceptives are bad.
In his message to the youth on the RH bill, Garcia said that “Lahat ng dapat ipatupad ay ipatupad, it can't just be the rule of the majority but has to be based on the truth and it should uphold the dignity of man”.
Garcia also shared that there are 7 barangays have already passed an ordinance banning the use of contraceptives in their barangays
Banning the use of the contraceptives in the city level is still up for approval with the city council.
The mayor also mentioned that last March, there were 7000 people gathered around the Plaza for the ‘March for Love, March for Life’ rally.
On the other hand, Jay Quicho, a seminarian at the San Carlos Seminary and a former youth minister in the vicariate of Our Lady of the Pillar said that those youth who are pro-RH must weigh the issue and it is a good point if they will listen to both sides.
On the other hand, Jay Quicho, a seminarian at the San Carlos Seminary and a former youth minister in the vicariate of Our Lady of the Pillar said that those youth who are pro-RH must weigh the issue and it is a good point if they will listen to both sides.
“Kung Katoliko ka, panindigan mong Katoliko ka. (If you’re a Catholic, you must firm in your faith)”, Quicho said.
The signing of the campaign started at 9AM until the program finishes. (Jandel Posion)
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