The Philippines still has a long way to go on LGBT rights, but there have at least been some legislative and judicial victories over the last few decades, with this being the latest one.
The law that made this possible was initially intended for couples who were married to someone else but now cohabitates with their current partner (since divorce is illegal in the Philippines. Only country other than the Vatican). What made the ruling apply to same sex couples was that the law did not specify the gender *or orientation or wha type of sexual partnership*, allowing for the interpretation.
Marriage is defined in Philippine law as between man and woman and requires passage of a new law allowing same sex marriage to happen.
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The Philippines still has a long way to go on LGBT rights, but there have at least been some legislative and judicial victories over the last few decades, with this being the latest one.
[Wikipedia has a good overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Philippines) of the situation there.
Huh, progress
!ping SEA&LGBT
The law that made this possible was initially intended for couples who were married to someone else but now cohabitates with their current partner (since divorce is illegal in the Philippines. Only country other than the Vatican). What made the ruling apply to same sex couples was that the law did not specify the gender *or orientation or wha type of sexual partnership*, allowing for the interpretation.
Marriage is defined in Philippine law as between man and woman and requires passage of a new law allowing same sex marriage to happen.