1. Divorce in the Philippines is not legal but it looks like there are more couples getting an annulment. Isn't this enough reason to legalize divorce? The increasing numbers may be due to a greater awareness of this procedure than before. We get to know more about annulments or separations today especially if they involve movie or society personalities. The media loves to elaborate on the details but no one seems to be paying attention to the millions of good marriages around, which do not see print. 2. The Philippines is now the ONLY country (aside from the Vatican) where divorce is not legal. Isn't that rather strange? Even if all the countries in the world, except ours, have legalized divorce, this is not a forceful reason for us to have it. If our Constitution is the only one in the world that guarantees the protection of the institution of marriage as a lasting and permanent union, then this unique and fundamental law must be something to be proud of! (Article XV, Sec. 2 "Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of the family and shall be protected by the State"). A lasting marriage stabilizes the family and society as a whole. Divorce divides and destroys the family. Marriage is not a 50-50 arrangement. Divorce is. Marriage has to be 100-100. "It isn't about dividing everything in half, but giving everything you've got." If one gives 80, then the other must give a 120. 3. If the criteria for granting a divorce are well thought of and strict, tho