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James M. Imbong, et al. Vs. Hon. Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., et al. [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion, J. Perlas-Bernabe ]

G.R. No. 204819 - JAMES M. IMBONG, et al., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 204934 - ALLIANCE FOR THE FAMILY FOUNDATION PHILIPPINES, INC., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 204957 - TASK FORCE FOR FAMILY AND LIFE VISAYAS, INC. and VALERIANO S. A VILA, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 204988 - SERVE LIFE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 205003 - EXPEDITO A. BUGARIN, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 205043 - EDUARDO B. OLAGUER and the CATHOLIC XYBRSPACE APOSTOLATE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioners, v. DOH SECRETARY ENRIQUE T. ONA, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 205138 - PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF XSEMINARIANS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 205478 - REYNALDO J. ECHAVEZ, M.D., et al., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 205491 - SPOUSES FRANCISCO S. TATAD and MARIA FENNY C. TATAD, et al., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, Respondent; G.R. No. 205720 - PRO-LIFE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 206355 - MILLENIUM SAINT FOUNDATION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 207111 - JOHN WALTER B. JUAT, et al., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; G.R. No. 207172 - COUPLES FOR CHRIST FOUNDATION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents; and G.R. No. 207563 - ALMARIM CENTI TILLAH and ABDULHUSSEIN M. KASHIM, Petitioners, v. HON. PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, et al., Respondents. Promulgated: [Concurring and Dissenting Opinion, J. Perlas-Bernabe ]

G.R. Nos. 204819, 20G.R. Nos. 204819, 204934, 204957, 204988, 205003, 205043, 205138, 205478, 205491, 205720, 206355, 207111, 207172 & 207563 | 2014-04-08

EN BANC

 

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION


PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

 

There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the community; of course, if this be a reason for opposition, no law can be executed at all without force, and every man or set of men will in that case cut and carve for themselves; the consequences of which must be deprecated by all classes of men, who are friends to order, and to the peace and happiness of the country.


George Washington, in a Letter to Major-General Daniel Morgan1

 

Perhaps the most functional effect of law in a...