Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Equality bill does not create “new rights,” but seeks to ban discrimination against anyone because of sexual orientation.“We all have the right to be treated equally,” Gutierrez said in Filipino over radio station dzRH.
Gutierrez said the proposed law simply gives those who suffered discrimination because of their sexual orientation a legal remedy. Sotto also said the bill could be redundant as the discriminatory acts it seeks to criminalize are already covered by other laws such as the Magna Carta of Women and the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act.Gutierrez, however, maintained that SOGIE bill could pass if senators, especially Sotto, will take a close look at its provisions.
Gutierrez added that experts, advocates and lawyers can help explain the importance and effect of the SOGIE bill for the members of the LGBTQ community./tsb
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