♥ Separation of Church and State

     In the Philippines, in the Malolos Constitution of 1987, Article II Section 6 provides the “The Separation of Church and State.

     In the time former President Marcos, it was violated because of the government. They have acts of social injustice, violation of human rights and graft and corruption. We all know that President Marcos was the dictator during his term. And by that time, Church protest against the dictatorial rule of Marcos, that was the time that church claimed their duty when they say that church was out to grab power on the principle of the separation of church and state. In that, church says that in issues of human rights, violation and graft and corruption are moral issues that it was their duty of helping the down trodden and only upholding the dignity of the human when Bishop Bacani pointed out that when one views politics as the dynamic organization of the whole society, then priests can be involved. The church becomes partisan when truth and justice are violated.