Monthly Archives: August, 2012

September 1, 2012 (Saturday) Kuppa Cafe, Bonifacio Global City Meetup

Location: Kuppa Roastery and Cafe, Commerce Center, 4th Avenue corner 31st Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City (Google map) Date: Saturday, September...

Filipino Freethinkers Bacolod Meetup – Friday, September 7

Location: Bascon Cafe, Lacson Date: Friday, September 7, 2012 Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm RSVP on our Facebook event   Discussion Topics * Should we have a second...

“Your Mother Should Have Used RH,” Says BUHAY Spokesperson

I recorded this video interview with Frank when I got home from COMELEC before writing this post. Some details might be...

The Unborn Representatives: How BUHAY Makes a Mockery of the Party-List System

Note: Please also read how BUHAY responded to our opposition of their party-list accreditation in COMELEC. The party-list system of representation is...

Filipino Freethinkers-University of the Philippines Los Baños Forum

What: An Introduction to Freethinking Where: NCAS Auditorium, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna When: September 4 (Tuesday), 1 - 4 PM Against...

Sotto: To Pass the Anti-Discrimination Bill, Discriminate LGBT First

Manila Bulletin reports that certain senators are opposing the Anti-Racial, Ethnic and Anti-Religious Discrimination Act of 2011 (the Anti Discrimination bill) because they want the provisions concerning the LGBT struck down. Among these senators is our favorite bigote’d senator, the Honorable Vincente Sotto III. What kind of legislators are the Filipino people getting when the first step these senators take to passing an anti discrimination law is to discriminate?

An Atenean’s Reflections on the CBCP and the Catholic Church

Authority begets blind conformity, hypocrisy, and false allegiance. And we can only liberate ourselves from this sin through questioning.

How Senator Tito Sotto Misused Barbara Seaman’s Book

Senator Tito Sotto: Dishonest, Deceptive, and Intellectually Lazy (Part 2) In Part 1, we have learned how the theme of The Greatest...

How an RH Law Will Change the Dynamics of Reproductive Health Rights

Whether or not the RH bill is made into law, Filipinos have the right to use contraception. More precisely, they have the Hohfeldian privilege-right, which means they have no duty not to use contraception because there is no law prohibiting them from doing so.

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