I see this “Anti-Dis­crim­i­na­tion Bill” being talked about ear­li­er in the news here in the PI, I say cool. At the same time, ques­tion: “It’s 2012? Is this just anoth­er act of pol­i­tick­ing? Etc.”

I won­dered why this isn’t already inclu­sive; as part of the PI’s Bill of Rights (Arti­cle 3)? A quick research of the Philip­pine’s Con­sti­tu­tion (been a while since I’ve seen this as you may know), ain’t these enough com­mon sense to abide by?

• Arti­cle 3, Sec­tion 1
• Arti­cle 3, Sec­tion 5
• Pre­am­ble, “under the rule of law and a regime of truth, jus­tice, free­dom, love, equal­i­ty, and peace…”

You would also think for a pop­u­la­tion that is dom­i­nant­ly Chris­t­ian (90%+), a reli­gion that holds “Love” as the great­est com­mand­ment (all reli­gions and belief sys­tems do), would­n’t this be instilled from the start of one’s upbring­ing and social inter­ac­tions. But I guess, that’s just part of the strug­gle.

We live to be our best self one day at a time. We’re just human.