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Majority of Filipinos won't change religion for love, survey finds
Feb 14, 2012, 4:01 GMT
Manila - A majority of Filipinos would not change their religion for love, a survey showed Tuesday as the predominantly Catholic country marked Valentine's Day with mass weddings.
The survey, conducted by the Social Weather Stations polling institute, showed 68 per cent of Filipinos were unwilling to change while three in 10 said they were willing to switch to a new religion for love.
'Unwillingness to change their religion for their loved ones is strong in all religions,' the institute said.
More than 80 per cent of the Philippines' estimated 94 million people are Roman Catholics while about 10 per cent are Muslims and the others are Protestants or other Christians.
Valentine's Day in the Philippines was marked by mass weddings sponsored by local authorities, including in Negros Oriental province, where 22 couples tied the knot after a February 6 earthquake killed more than 40 people.
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