Once Upon A Time

By: Lyrha- Balingit

Marriage is important to most families as it is one of the ways that proves the love between two lovebirds. The above-mentioned subject shows the transparency of wanting to commit to something much deeper as it is not a crime to love. But what if the unheard voices were heard? The pitiful screams seeking help as love seems to be illegal to them.

Particularly, things evolve for two reasons: to fit in the current era, and for the best. In our modern world nowadays, what was said to be wrong in the past is now either normal or in consideration.

We are not vicious in the first place, we are just often misunderstood.

by: Lyrha Balingit

world into a better place, what more if this is being practiced by everyone along with the other exercises there are? The best would be expected from it as good outcomes are derived from great processes.

The next thing to consider is to love the one who provides for us as much as it loves us. “A mother can take care of ten children, but not even a dozen children can feed one mother” Is something to agree on as our planet protects over 8 billion individuals yet we repay it with pain and destruction. Just look at how onesided the relationship between nature and humans is.

Let us all focus on the goal, just like how we do in terms of avoiding food going to waste. It is such a shame if our earth gradually disappears. How about all its sacrifices for us? Do we just let it go to waste? How about the future generations? We should keep in mind that we shall not abuse someone’s generosity due to the reason that even if it wants to give, just like food, its capabilities rot when taken advantage of, so let us all preserve and conserve to save it for later!

Marriages such as Interracial Marriage were prohibited back then due to discrimination. The law that prohibits this stated that a black man should only marry a black woman and vice versa for white people. To them, black people were servants so they could not mate with the opposite race. It was not legalized until the 1967s in Virginia by the Supreme Court.

Following this, which is now the hot topic for today’s generation is same-sex marriage. Though many countries already legalized this, countries such as the Philippines seem to be still not ready for the legalization of the aforesaid marriage as the churches’ opinions towards it have a strong impact on the people’s point of view on it. This is one reason why science and the bible could not get along.

“Science is facts, religion is faith” is something that we need to keep in mind. The Bible acts as a guide toward morality but should not be used towards someone’s personality. The churches are one of the vital reasons why same-sex marriage is being pulled from legalization as according to their beliefs, it is an abomination for the same gender to love as a straight couple would.

Fundamentally, marriage is not just a piece of paper nor like a job contract. We seek equal rights although we let discrimination take over. Love is a vital remedy to keep a human going, even if their way of loving is different, we cannot change the fact that it is still love, for everybody’s peace, let us all hear out those unheard voices as it is not yet late to discover the wonders of the story that just like every fairytale, it all starts with a once upon a time.

by: Luis David

by: Luis David