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After reading what passes for a “stand” on legalizing same-sex marriage in the Philippines, my opinion on the matter remains the same. I just can’t (and I probably never will) understand why anyone would want to vote against gay people getting married.

Bears defecate in the woods, and popes are Catholic. It therefore comes as no shock that the new Pope Francis is an enemy of equal rights for the LGBT.

Imagine this hypothetical situation: The progressive Catholics have split from the Vatican to form their own church. They've called it the New...

So the whole Pedro Calungsod canonization thing did its damage and you'd think that it's all over for now, right? Wrong.

This is Andy Uyboco's first article for his debut column entitled "Freethinking Me."

A Violent Kind of Envy "Try protesting inside a MOSQUE and let's see if you can keep your head on your shoulder." I...

"The Filipino Freethinkers is an organization that only talks about religion during their meetups." This is probably the biggest misconception of...

Filipino Freethinkers turns four today, and as usual, I'll mention some milestones (at least from my limited perspective -- and memory):

Few things make me nervous. Job interviews, cute boys, boa constrictors—I can face them just fine. But when I took my first HIV test at last week’s FF meetup, I definitely felt my tummy tumbling over. And this ended up being a very good thing.