We have seen riskier art with religious images at the CCP and other galleries; people complained, but never at a scale such as this. Why? Because back then only the artist gains from the attention.
I'm ambivalent about Miriam's RH sponsorship speech. As an RH advocate, I'm happy. Her speech was effective in terms of increasing the chances of the RH Bill passing. But as an advocate of secularism, I'm disappointed.
Our stance on the reproductive health bill debate stems from secularism. Our stance in this PCSO issue is likewise rooted in secularism. The Philippine Constitution guarantees that the separation of church and state shall be inviolable but when the bishops actively solicit funding from our government and our government hands them that money, Father, the secularism of our country has undoubtedly been violated.