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Maxene Magalona shows support for passage of divorce bill

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kapamilya actress Maxene Magalona expressed her support for the passage of the divorce bill. In her Instagram account, the <em></em></span><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/viralscandal"><em><strong><u>Viral Scandal</u></strong></em></a></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em><strong><u></u></strong> </em>actress explained why she supports the cause and empathizes with those who are in “toxic marriages.”</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-25" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ky2NfyMGw/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A25%2C%22os%22%3A4120463.599999994%2C%22ls%22%3A29486.80000001192%2C%22le%22%3A29750%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-25" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The divorce bill, also known as House Bill 9349, was approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month in its third and final reading. The said Bill will be sent to the Senate for further discussion. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/3/10/family-of-francis-magalona-commemorate-his-15th-death-anniversary-1130"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/3/10/family-of-francis-magalona-commemorate-his-15th-death-anniversary-1130"><u><strong>READ: </strong></u></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/3/10/family-of-francis-magalona-commemorate-his-15th-death-anniversary-1130"><strong><u>Family of Francis Magalona commemorate his 15th death anniversary</u></strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maxene shared how important it is for the mental and physical health for the bill to become a law. She wrote how she acknowledged the sanctity of marriage, but at the same time, everyone should be given a chance to choose. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“When people get married, they do it by taking a risk. We don’t get married with a guarantee that the relationship will truly work. We just pray that it will. Almost everyone shows their best selves before marriage and after they get married, their true colors start to show,” she wrote.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the series of photos she shared, Maxene reiterated that the Philippines is the only country apart from Vatican City that doesn’t have divorce. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I am writing this to show my support and empathy for all of the Filipinos who feel trapped in toxic marriages and can’t find a way out—especially the ones who are experiencing abuse on a daily basis,” she shared.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Being forced to stay in a relationship that diminishes your self-worth will make you think less and less of yourself until you don’t know yourself anymore,” she added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br/></span> <a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/10/24/maxene-magalona-posts-throwback-clip-with-dad-francis-m-amid-controversy-1321"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/10/24/maxene-magalona-posts-throwback-clip-with-dad-francis-m-amid-controversy-1321"><u><strong>READ: </strong></u></a></span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/10/24/maxene-magalona-posts-throwback-clip-with-dad-francis-m-amid-controversy-1321"><strong><u>Maxene Magalona posts throwback clip with dad Francis M amid controversy</u></strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 37-year-old actress added that she is in disbelief how the Philippines still doesn’t have divorce as a law. She claimed how beneficial it would be not just for toxic marriages that could end but those who don’t need it as well.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I can’t believe we are the only nation in the entire world that forbids divorce. In my humble opinion, divorce helps protect the sanctity of marriage by allowing the toxic marriages to dissolve and keeping the sacred ones intact. I sincerely pray for peace and progress for the Philippines,” she continued.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“We deserve divorce,” she ended.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Several celebrities such as Iza Calzado, Carla Abellana, and Maggie Wilson, among others, expressed their support in the comment section. </span></div>

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Maxene Magalona shows support for passage of divorce bill

Drew Acierto

Published June 01, 2024 11:07 AM PHT

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