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Falcis III vs. Civil Registrar General

JESUS NICARDO M. FALCIS, III, PETITIONER, V. CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, RESPONDENT. LGBTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INC., REVEREND CRESENCIO "CEEJAY" AGBAYANI, JR., MARLON FELIPE, AND MARIA ARLYN "SUGAR" IBAÑEZ, PETITIONERS-IN-INTERVENTION. ATTY. FERNANDO P. PERITO, ATTY. RONALDO T. REYES, ATTY. JEREMY I. GATDULA, ATTY. CRISTINA A. MONTES, AND ATTY. RUFINO POLICARPIO III, INTERVENORS-OPPOSITORS.

G.R. No. 217910 | 2019-09-03

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
 
Cultural hegemony often invites people to conform to its impositions on their identities. Yet, there are some who, despite pressures, courageously choose to be authentic to themselves. This case is about the assurance of genuine individual autonomy within our constitutional legal order. It is about the virtue of tolerance and the humane goal of non-discrimination. It is about diversity that encourages meaningful—often passionate—deliberation. Thus, it is about nothing less than the quality of our freedom.
 
This Court does not have a monopoly in assuring this freedom. With the most...