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Manila, Feb 17, 2022: Filipino Catholics see nothing wrong with couples living together without receiving the sacrament of marriage, showed the result of an online survey done by Church-run Radio Veritas 846.
“This nationwide survey reveals that 40 percent would agree that couples should get married first before living together,” results of the Veritas Truth Survey (VTS) noted.
“On the other hand, 45 percent believe that being married is not necessary before living together,” it added.
The remaining 15 percent were undecided over the question “Should couples get married first before living together; and not engage in a common-law partnership arrangement?”
Result of the survey also showed that among elderly respondents with ages 61 and older, 61 percent said couples should get married before living together; 33 percent said that being married is not necessary before living together; and six percent were undecided.
For adult (40-60 years old) respondents, 48 percent said couples should be married first before living together; 29 percent said that being married is not necessary before living together, and 23 percent were undecided.
As for young adult (21-39 years old) respondents, 21 percent said couples should be married first before living together; 58 percent said that being married is not necessary before living together, and 21 percent were undecided.
Finally, for teen (13-20 years old) respondents, 34 percent said that couples should be married first before living together; 51 percent said that being married is not necessary before living together, and 15 percent were undecided.
Father Anton Pascual, president of Radio Veritas 846, said the survey results pose “a challenge in the Church’s ongoing mission to evangelize the faithful most especially nominal Catholics on the beauty of the sacrament of marriage.”
“To instill this social reality on the respondents’ perception towards common law partnership, we should evangelize our Catholic faithful on the transcendent value of marriage which places God in union between husband and wife,” said Father Pascual.
Brothere Clifford Sorita, head of the team that facilitated the survey, said the study mirrors the prevailing mindset among the younger generation.
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“Live in culture” and “Same sex marriage” are fast spreading not only in the developed countries but also in India. They are posing challenges to the Catholic Church. We need to wait and see what stand the Catholic church is going to take.
For centuries a celibate hierarchy considered sex as THE mortal sin. Remember that it comes as the sixth commandment, not the first. And it refers to adultery that then meant having sex with a married woman who was considered her husband’s property. So his rights were being violated, not that of the hapless woman.
While I personally cherish marriage and faithfulness to one’s spouse, and saying No to temptation, I would not like to pass judgement on others. Remember that earlier one got married on attaining puberty. Now puberty comes between 10-12 years and marriage at 30 years, so there is a natural urge for sexual fulfilment.