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On Gays and Non-Gays

Hate Crimes? They are crimes motivated by a just mere bias motivated hatred and disgust toward either single person or a group of people. Hate crimes in the Philippines sometimes hide in the guise of crimes so-called “Summary execution” just only to show to the public that the helpless dead victim[s] was or were bad people deserving to die in the hands of an indignant vigilantes, which is indeed unfair to the dead victim[s].Moreover, these killings were not investigated by the Philippine government itself, as if the government have connivance to these “hate crimes” and have unjust and unfair conclusive judgment that the dead victim[s] might just be “bad person”;thus, dismissing lightly to probe it and do a detailed investigation regarding the crimes.

These hate crimes is most prevalent among the lesbian and gay community in the Philippines where gays are the main victims of such unjust criminal act and the government do nothing about it, for the hypocrite religious sector of the society (largely, Christianity and Islam) have preconditioned the mindset of the people that gays and lesbians are evil and sinful people that needs not to be respected and treated fairly as human because “God says so” which consequently the foolish government do nothing about it for the government subscribe too to this evil religious propaganda against the third sex.
According to a report, only this year, there are already 28 cases of hate crimes against LGBT Filipinos but the government is not doing anything about it because of the religious stigma cast against LGBT community by the hypocrite religious sector of the society. Since 1996, according to LGBT Hate Crime Watch there are already 103 cases of hate crimes that resulted to gruesome deaths and the number still continue growing.

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“The brutalities done to the murdered LGBT Filipinos are also suggestive that they were victims of hate crime. Thirty-six of the victims were stabbed multiple times. Twenty of them died of gunshots. Six were tortured before they were killed. Others were raped, or killed with a blunt object, or suffocated, or dismembered, or burned alive,”

Such example of these heinous hate crimes against LGBT Filipinos is the case of the trial judge of Laog City Philippines who was found lying in a pool of his own blood with his head almost decapitated with semen found on his anus. Another example is the University of the East gay professor Winton Lou Ynion was stabbed 40 times by an unknown homophobic assailant.

Admit or not, it is the religious sectors in the Philippines (not only in the Philippines) that shapes the mindset of the society and that influence the government’s own constitution though there is a concept that church and state should be separated. For government officials make an oath on a religious book or scripture like the Bible and Koran during their oath-taking ceremony before they seat on a government office they are voted for by the people to seat. Moreover, what about the prayers to God before starting an event, a ceremony, a session, a class, breakfast or any meal; the state and the church beliefs are united here. The concept that Church and State should be separated is not actually in effect; it is just a mere deceitful cover-up to hide the reality on the society and to brainwash unsuspecting mass.

Hate crimes were really indeed brought by a respective religious orientation on how one will perceive and treat other people in the society. Actually, the Bible of Christianity is filled with racism that teaches to hate non-Jewish nation as well a great Hatred and fury against one single being the Christians and Muslims alike called “Satan”. That is just a tip of the iceberg of the hate crimes promotes and advocates by the respective “gods” of these two major world religions.

If organized religions in the world like Christianity and Islam are really religion that promotes peace and love for humanity, why history is filled with religious wars headed by Christianity and Islam? Sadly, up to this time, these two major religions continue to infest the mindsets of the people to act this and that because as their favorite excuse, ”God says so..” and “..It is written…”
Thus, gays and lesbians are continually zapped of their rights and even treated inhumanly primarily on countries predominantly dominated by the two major world religions I mentioned, like in the Philippines.
Furthermore, even on non-gays and lesbians, hate crimes is also perpetrated by one’s own subscribe religion. The Killings of the members of opposing religious cults in the Philippines is one example of it wherein they accused one another as “satanic cults” that needs to be eliminated.

Actually, even personal religious beliefs causes hate crimes, such an example of a simple braggart man was killed brutally by vigilantes only because the man is just loudly boastful and the man’s braggart attitude was perceived to be evil that needs to be silence without being fair and just consideration why the man is acting that way.
It seems killing brutally a person or a group of person without fair and just consideration is considered “good” than a mere loud boasting in the society, for the government in the Philippines as if it nodded an approval to this hate crimes by not acting immediately to it and dismiss the dead victims to be a victims of “summary execution” with a public connotation that the dead victim might be a bad/evil person why the dead victim is killed through that kind of execution.

Religious Freaks in the Philippines

Even the Philippines is not spare from useless religious wrangling of major and minor religious sect vying for the approval of one Filipino who is searching for a religion whom he or she will join; because the Philippines is predominantly Catholic and Christian country eclipsing Islam dominance on the Luzon and Visayan part of the Philippines. Islam religion has only dominance in the Mindanao part of the Philippines.

Founder of Dating Daan Eli Soriano

A predominant Christian country that  is divided into many variety of so-called Christian churches like the Roman Catholic church, the orthodox church, the protestant, the Methodist, the Baptist, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC),the Jehovah’s witness, the Mormons, the charismatic, the born again, the CFCs, the SFCs, the JIL movement the “dating daan” movement, the El Shaddai group, etc.

So many variety that leads into maligning and slandering one another and calling one another “fake and satanic” and even killing one another just like what have happened to an INC pastor and his family who were massacred inside the INC compound together with his wife and children, as reported a year ago; just only to convince a Filipino seeker to join their religious group which is so vain and so senseless. There are other religious killings happening below the table but was not reported on the public because one’s religious reputation will be ruined or tainted and will lose chances of winning a proselyte if it is publicly reported. Obviously, some what they only want is the tithes or money offerings that a proselyte will donate or give to their respective churches or religious congregation because of financial poverty.

El Shaddai Head in the Philippines - Mike Velarde

Take for example, pastor Mike Velarde who founded the El Shaddai group wherein he become an instant millionaire by asking tithes and money offerings from his followers in exchange for prayer requests and his blessings as the servant of God and Christ. Actually, he have already bought his own mall and even attempted to run for a government seat.

Tawi-Tawi Philippines, a Wild Haven

Far from the focal point of civilization and hubris of cityhood of the respective regions of the Philippine archipelago, Tawi Tawi Philippines has been the haven or sanctuary of most wild life on the bottom south of the Philippines specifically its wild faunas.

Tourists and Visitors were impressed of Tawi-Tawi’s natural zoo and exotic world which can be mainly seen at Sibutu-Sitangkai Island Groups of Tawi-Tawi Philippines. Sitangkai Island is dubbed as the “Venice of Tawi-Tawi” or “Venice of the Philippines” due to Boats are the primary means of transportation though there are some footbridges.

Its main wild fauna attraction is its multi-colored wild hogs; ranging the colors of this wild hog from black into reddish brown, spotted black and white, white, and others.

However, aside from wild hog, Tawi-Tawi Philippines also features a rare “Labuyo” (wild rooster) species and some edible bird species.Moreover,there are also wild cattles and monkeys. You could access this natural zoo of Tawi-tawi thorough motor launches called “kumpits” at the Chinese pier in Bongao.

Tawi Tawi Philippines is located at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which covers some islands in Sulu Sea and sharing sea borders with Malaysia and Indonesia, in case you are interested to pay visit. Yes, largely its people are Muslims or believers of Islam faith, thus it is included with the borders of Muslim Mindanao. Thus, Tawi-Tawi Philippines is also called Wildlife Mecca of the Philippines; wildlife plus Islam faith.

Tawi-Tawi provincial capital is Bongao, so if your destination is from Manila Philippines, you should took a flight for Zamboanga city which after will fly you into Bongao. However, if you are coming from Malaysia, you could take a passenger boat from the Port of Sandakan in Malaysia. It is probably estimated that it is only 4 hours away from Bongao.

Furthermore, aside from wild fauna you could see on Tawi-Tawi’s main islands, there are also white sand beaches you could visit on its bays: Salugan Bay, Buntay Bay, Banguillos Bay, Tinambol Bay, Parangan Bay, Lussum Bay, and Luuk Bay.

Aside from Bays, this bottom south of the Philippines has also a lot of Points you could traverse, namely, Sallugam Point, Tungbanghan Point, Talun Point, Kannan Point, Simambunan Point, Balimbing Point, Balukoko Point, Tampakan Point, Tana Point, and Sikapayan Point. Whoa! That’s a lot of Points to consider, is not it? Tawi-Tawi Philippines gets really wild.

Moreover, because it is an island province, Tawi-Tawi Philippines has also coral reefs you or one who has an eye and love for reefs, could enjoy. Its beautiful reefs are Biloc Biloc reef and Basibuli reef as well as the Gusong reefs where large number of turtle eggs you could found. Thus, this reef is considered as the second Turtle Island in the Philippines. Gusong reef can be found at Cagayan De Tawi-tawi.

There are also festivities which festival lovers could enjoy at Tawi-Tawi. These festivals are of course Muslim festivities, namely the Hariraya Puasa festival, the Hariraya Hadji, and the Amon Jaded festival.

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