Weaponising Religious Freedom: Same-Sex Marriage and Gender Equality in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Cornelio, Jayeel, Dagle, Robbin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Philippines; religious freedom; gender equality; same-sex marriage; LGBTQ rights; Christianity; Other Social and Behavioral Sciences; Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/8; https://brill.com/view/journals/rhrs/14/2/article-p65_1.xml
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article spells out the ways in which religious freedom has been deployed against proponents of same-sex marriage and gender equality in the Philippines. While the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community and allies have appealed to religious freedom to gain equal rights...