Homosexuals have the right to claim independence
What do I think about homosexuals? Do they qualify as a sector? What do we mean by a sector, by the way?
Justice Vitug, writing a dissenting opinion in Ang Bagong Bayani vs. Comelec, provided us with an answer. A sector, says Vitug, is a group of individuals sharing the same characteristics, interests...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
Ferrer’s Medieval Thinking and Ang Ladlad’s Dilemma
Comelec commissioner Nicodemus Ferrer, chair of the Comelec’s second division, is a member of Binmaley’s ageing population. The oldest among the present crop of election commissioners, Ferrer positions himself as a moral praetorian guard. Decide if Ferrer’s defense on rejecting Ang...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
Ang Ladlad and Comelec’s alleged homophobia
Some sectors are questioning the “propriety” of the Comelec’s second division’s decision to junk Ang Ladlad’s partylist accreditation. The resolution, penned by no less than the division’s chief, Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, was the second time the COMELEC junked...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
The Long View: Comelec lays down case for persecution
The Long View
Comelec lays down case for persecution
By Manuel L. Quezon III
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:14:00 11/16/2009
THERE is no point arguing the merits of the Comelec’s decision to deny Ang Ladlad recognition as a party-list group. That is because there are none. The paper...
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
Intolerance
Nicodemo Ferrer – that ancient Commissioner – just condemned the Comelec and at least several million Filipinos to languish in the Dark Ages of intolerance for a little while longer.
The recent decision to disapprove the petition for accreditation of Ang Ladlad was couched in language so...
Source: SMOKE
