American files ANNULMENT from his Filipino "bride" who is a man

[diem]

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Does the American need to FILE a case for annulment? Since same-*** marriages are not legal in the Philippines, shouldn't this be instantly null and void na?

[kharan]

Yes I think so too, clarkhkent. Dili kaayo bog-at nga reason kay no matter unsaon marriage sa laki to laki dri sa Pinas, Invalid gyud.

[yankee1264]

Friday, June 13, 2008
American knew I was male: ‘bride’ from Cebu

AN AMERICAN national not only knew he was marrying a Filipino man, but had promised to pay for his *** change operation, the “bride” said in a televised interview yesterday.

They were planning to have the surgery in Thailand, where they would then marry again.

Until last year, his American lover kept sending him e-mail messages nearly every week, along with some cash, Lou Vincent Suarez told GMA 7’s “Balitang Bisdak” news team.

That’s why, Suarez said, he was stunned when he learned last week that the American had filed for annulment, claiming he had no idea until the wedding night that he had married another man.

The American natio-nal’s name is being withheld upon his Cebu-based lawyer’s request. Suarez and his “husband” met on a dating website in April 2006.

Two months later, when the American came to Cebu, Suarez said he then told the man about his real ***. That didn’t stop the American from marrying him anyway, Suarez added.

They were married on June 27, 2006.

In his petition, the American said it was with “shock and horror” that he realized, on their wedding night, that he had married a man.

But Suarez said yesterday he surfaced to emphasize that he neither lied to nor tricked his American partner. “Gusto lang nako mahibaw-an sa publiko nga wa ko namakak (I want the public to know I did not lie to him),” he told the TV crew.

The American national’s lawyer said that whether the Filipino was upfront about his sexual orientation is no longer the issue.

“That’s his statement. It’s up to him to prove it in court,” lawyer Anna Fionah Bojos told Sun.Star Cebu in a mobile phone interview last night. “According to Philippine laws, a marriage between two men is not valid.” (REV/JGA)

[Ladyjane]

faetz ani kahimtanga oi..

[mastersun23]

toinks....paets

[laagan_si_organizer]

okay..just for everyone's knowledge..ako open gay man sad ko...but i don't think if sakto jud iya gibuhat, granting na the american guy just learned about his "real" sexuality.

on the other side of the issue, kadudahan sad ang pasangil sa american 'coz they were married last 2006 and learned that night that he was then married to a "he". why didn't he make the move two years ago? nganong nagpa-abot pa man xa na mo-two years ilang marriage? is there any period required kung when mo-file ug annulment para sa kasal? he should have made it after he found out na namakak iyang "bride", or filed a year ago? mejo naglibog ko sa issue...

this should be a lesson for us "gays" here...mao ni ako giingon pirmi nga naa ra juy karma. that's why i'm afraid to hop from one guy to another. moabot ra jud ang sukli sa tanan nga buhaton, ma-gay pa or straight.

[she - siy]

Naglibog na ko on who's telling the truth. Either way the point is moot since same *** marriage is not yet legal in the Philippines.

[am_believer24]

same *** marriage is not legal in our country diba? so mag-file pa jud ug annulment?Ü

[laagan_si_organizer]

same *** marriage is not legal in our country diba? so mag-file pa jud ug annulment?Ü

probably, nag PETITION ang gay to change his name and some personal information about. do we have that here?

[erwin_rommel]

na pul an na sigurog og bakdor ning kano