61% of Filipinos don’t agree on same-sex marriage law: SWS

June 30, 2018

Sixty-one percent of Filipinos do not agree that there should be a law that will allow civil union of two men or two women, Social Weather Stations (SWS) said Saturday. Twenty-two percent agree that there should be a law allowing same-sex marriage, SWS added. "This gives a net agreement score of -40, classified by SWS as very weak," the pollster said. Opposition to the civil union of same-sex couples was dominant in all areas, with the lowest net agreement score coming from the Visayas at a very weak-45 , followed by Balance Luzon at a very weak -42. Mindanao registered a  very weak  -38 and Metro Manila at a moderately weak  -27, SWS said. By religion, net agreement was lowest among Iglesia ni Cristo members at an extremely weak -64 , followed by members of other Christian denominations at an extremely weak  -55, Muslims at a very weak  -48 and Roman Catholics at a very weak -36. The survey, which is part of the first quarter 2018 Social Weather Report, was released just as the Supreme Court started hearing petitions on same-sex marriage on June 19. DMS