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ESTRADA VS ESCRITOR

6/16/2020

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ISSUE:  Whether or Not the State could penalize respondent for  such conjugal arrangement 

FACTS: 
Escritor is the Court Interpreter of RTC Branch 253 of Las Piñas City. Estrada  requested an investigation of respondent for cohabiting with a man not her husband  and having a child with the latter while she was still married.Estrada believes  that  Escritor is committing a grossly immoral act which tarnishes the image of the judiciary,  thus she should not be allowed to remain employed  therein as it might appear that  the court condones her act. Escritor admitted the above-mentioned allegations but  denies any liability for the alleged gross immoral conduct for the reason that she  is a member of the religious sect Jehovah’s Witness and Watch Tower Society and  her conjugal arrangement is approved and is in conformity with her religious beliefs. 

DECISION: 
No. The State could not penalize respondent for she is  exercising her right to freedom of religion. 

RATIO DECIDENDI: 
The free exercise of religion is specifically articulated as one of the fundamental rights in  our Constitution. the State has not evinced any concrete interest in enforcing the concubinage or bigamy charges against respondent or her partner. Thus the State’s interest only amounts  to the symbolic preservation of an unenforced prohibition. Furthermore, a distinction  between public and secular morality and religious morality should be kept in mind.  
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