The House of Representatives authorized on third and remaining studying on Monday a invoice regulating the free train of faith.
This developed after House Bill 6492 gained 256 sure votes, one no vote and three abstentions throughout Monday’s plenary session.
House Bill 6492 additionally prohibits acts that curtail or violate the rights of an individual to spiritual freedom reminiscent of compelling an individual—via drive, risk, intimidation or undue affect—to commit an act which is in violation of 1’s non secular perception or conscience; and defaming, harassing, humiliating or offending an individual by cause of 1’s non secular perception or the follow of such perception.
The invoice additionally notes that the fitting to freedom of faith of a gaggle or particular person “can be denied, regulated, burdened, or curtailed” provided that it may be demonstrated that it ends in violence or inflicts “direct or indirect physical or material harm or danger on other people, or infringe[s] on their own freedom of religion or conscience,” and whether it is needed “to protect public safety, public order, health, property and good morals.”
“The right of every Filipino to profess, practice, and propagate religious beliefs must always be recognized, respected, allowed and protected. Towards this end, the state must ensure that no act of the government or any of its agencies, instrumentalities, officers or employees shall burden, curtail, impinge or encroach on the person’s right to exercise one’s religious belief, freedom and liberty of conscience,’ the bill read.
“In addition, the federal government should additionally prohibit any act by an individual, pure or juridical, or any group of individuals that burdens, curtails, impinges or encroaches on the mentioned proper,” it added.
Violations of the abovementioned provisions are punishable with a positive starting from P100,000 to P2 million pesos and 6 to 10 years’ jail time for each particular person and juridical entity violators.
House Bill 6492’s principal writer, Benny Abante of Manila earlier accepted the modification pitched by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman, which offers that actual properties of any church or group that are used for non secular and/or business and proprietary functions shall be taxed accordingly with respect to non-religious functions for which they generate revenue.
House Bill 6492 additionally promotes the fitting to freedom towards discrimination in instructional establishments, the fitting of firms or companies to be based on non secular perception, and the fitting of fogeys or authorized guardians to rear youngsters. — Llanesca T. Panti/RSJ, GMA Integrated News
