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Peralta vs. PHILPOST [DISSENTING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

RENATO V. PERALTA, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE POSTAL CORPORATION (PHILPOST), REPRESENTED BY MA. JOSEFINA MDELACRUZ IN HER CAPACITY AS POSTMASTER GENERAL AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PHILPOST, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN CESAR N. SARINO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 223395 | 2018-12-04

DISSENTING OPINION

LEONEN, J.:

I dissent.

Enshrined as a major principle is the inviolabilty of separation of church and State. Thus, in Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution:
 
ARTICLE II 
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES

PRINCIPLES

....

Section 6. The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.

This inviolability is without qualification. The provision requires fealty to a strict reading. It should mean that the use of State resources to incidentally support a religion must be inevitable and unavoidable.
 
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