I have total disrespect for the opinion of Bishop Oscar Cruz regarding his opinion that minimum marriage age must be increased from 18 to 24 years old.
Hey. If the Church cannot educate its members about marriage and sexuality, upping the marriage age to ridiculous ages will not save marriage. Why stop at 24? Why not 30? How about 35? Geeezzzz….
Bishop Cruz is shooting from the hip, or he is blinded or coerced by the Population controllers who would like nothing more than raise the marrying age.
News for you Bishop Oscar Cruz: 18 to 24 is the PRIME reproductive years of human beings. No man made laws will change that. 18-24 is nature’s laws.
What you should do: Pre-teens must be educated and convinced that they aspire for marriage, family and baby making beginning age 18. The well taught men and women are ready for marriage by age 18. The infantile culture of never maturing urbanites must not condemn the rest of the Filipino people with their marriage failures.
You want a better model? I say the muslims have a better model. They can get married at younger ages and achieve more success.
I’ve mentioned long before that my children will opt out of this rotten man corrupted culture of marriage failures. Upping the marriage age to 24 just proves my point that the mis-education of the Population controllers has infiltrated members of the Catholic Church.
The original universal intent of marriage is for the survival of the civilization, the proliferation of people, to enhance the reproduction of people.
Since 18 – 24 is the prime reproductive ages of people, and this is fixed by NATURE, you can’t change that, no preacher can change that. But you can WORK WITH NATURE. You can go along with NATURE and see that the reproductive activities of people ages 18-24 are put to good use… for actual reproduction… REAL SEX. Not fake contraceptive sex. Not “true love waits” aka “suppress sexual activity until the ages where you are no longer interested in sex.”
The result of a BAN ON MARRIAGE in the 18-24 age range is a more MARKED increase in “SINFUL” / non-marriage sex - leading to EVEN LESS CHILDREN, EVEN LESS FAMILY FORMATION, EVEN MORE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE.
This 24 year old minimum marrying age idea belongs in the trash can.
See the news report from http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2008/01/25/news/bishop.backs.revision.of.law.on.marriage.html
Friday, January 25, 2008
Bishop backs revision of law on marriageA SENIOR official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is pushing to amend the law on the minimum legal age for marriage from 18 to 24.
During a dialogue last Wednesday with members of the House of Representatives and the Senate in Pasay City, former CBCP president and Lingayen Archbishop Oscar Cruz, head of the National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal, asked for the revision of the law on marriage.
Sun.Star Network Online’s coverage of the Sinulog 2008 Festival
Cruz said the present age requirement for marrying need to be refined, noting that an 18-year-old man and woman, are still incapable of living alone and has yet to establish his/her independence.
“They should be mentally and financially capable and prepared since marriage involves raising a family,” he said.
The bishop added that marriage is not like a girl and boy relationship, it involves many responsibilities that require physical, emotional and spiritual preparedness.
He said amending the marrying age requirement might be the solution to avert troubles in marriage.
However, Cruz said they are against divorce, since it is against the rulings of the church.
On the other hand, Senate President Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. and House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the discussion’s heads of the panel of legislators, said they will study Cruz’s recommendation. (FP/Sunnex)
