- Aquino shares her thoughts on Manny Pacquiao’s remarks on same-sex marriage
- She says she’s in favor of civil unions to protect same-sex couple’s property rights
- She concedes PH is not like America, not yet ready to accept such a measure though
MANILA, Philippines – The LGBT community have found an ally in Kris Aquino.
Sharing her thoughts on her morning show “Kris TV”, the younger sister of President Benigno Aquino III said she is in favor of affording civil unions to same-sex couples who have decided to live together as spouses.
“I’ve been asked by so many people because my closest friends are gay,” she said. “Ang sinasabi ko [what I’m saying is], I believe in love and I also believe in monogamy.”
Although she conceded the country would not be able to accept such a thing for now, Aquino said the property rights of same-sex couples such as their inheritance would be protected under civil unions.
“We are not America. Hindi pa tayo handa sa ganoon. Pero ‘yun nga, ako naman gusto kong mabigyan ng karapatan as far as inheritance is concerned, ‘yung civil union. Civil union only because for partners who have been together, nag-pundar together for so many years, tapos hindi mo pwedeng iiwan sa kanya. Pwede sa will, pero legally wala ng habol and all. Eh nagmahalan naman talaga,” she said.
[We are not America. We are not ready for that. But as it goes, I want civil union to give them rights as far as inheritance is concerned. Civil union only because partners who have been together and who have accumulated things together for so many years, then in the end someone decides not to leave those things to him/her. It can be done by will, as long as there will no more legal pursuits.]
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