Social Justice

At its core, the Occupy Movement aims to shine a light on society and criticize what it has become. It aims to redraw the social contract and end the abuses of the wealthy upper class. The Church’s Kilusang 99% resembles this only superficially and misses the point of the Movement entirely.

Today is a day of irony. While today marks the 113th anniversary of the Malolos constitution when congress voted for the first Philippine...

A group of community women interrupted a session in the House of Representatives, calling for delays on the passage of the...

Right now I so very badly want to be exploring the Winterfell-esque beauty contained in Bethesda's latest action-RPG epic Skyrim, but as it stands now...

We interviewed Tanod/BPSO Arsenio Dela Cruz Jr. today about his encounter with Rizalito David and the anti-RH camp. This confirms once...

Yesterday, I wrote about how an anti-RH group tried to do a demonstration in SB park without a permit. An anti-RH...

Anti-RH advocates were forced to leave SB Park after pro-RH advocates discovered that they didn't have a permit. The anti-RH advocates tried...

I respect your right to have your own faith, wear whatever religious iconography you deem makes you feel "closer" to your chosen deity, say your own prayers, read your own religious books. You can conduct a seance or dance naked in your garden, I don't really care. Why do people like Preacher have such a hard time returning that same courtesy?

What I find disturbing - monumentally - is why Bastes was complaining: his contention that "we are a Christian country" certainly leaves a bad taste in the mouth, particularly for those who have been advocating a more secular space and tone where discussions of laws and government are brought up, in the context of a democratic government and country.