Gay Marriage and Homosexualy: What Manny Pacquiao Did and Didn't Say - WSJ

Contents:

• MANNY PACQUIAO: BOXER SORRY FOR ‘GAY PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN ANIMALS’ REMARK
• MANNY PACQUIAO APOLOGIZ FOR SAYG 'GAY PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN ANIMALS'
• MANNY PACQUIAO RPONDS TO CRICISM OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• PHILIPPE BOXER MANNY PACQUIAO APOLOGIS FOR GAY SLUR
• MANNY PACQUIAO PANS ANTI-GAY CLAIMS
• MANNY PACQUIAO'S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC PERMANENTLY MARS HIS LEGACY
• NIKE CUTS TI WH MANNY PACQUIAO AFTER ANTI-GAY MENTS
• NIKE DROPS MANNY PACQUIAO AFTER ANTI-GAY MENTS
• WILL PACQUIAO'S MENTS ON GAY RIGHTS AFFECT HIS FIGHT WH BRADLEY?

MANNY PACQUIAO: BOXER SORRY FOR ‘GAY PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN ANIMALS’ REMARK

Image source, AFP/GettyImage ptn, Manny Pacquiao said God was on his siFilipo boxer and polician Manny Pacquiao has repeated his opposn to homosexualy, after earlier apologisg for sayg that gay people were "worse than animals". I mean I am jt statg the tth, what the Bible says, " he said at trag his hometown of General boxer said his only mistake had been to pare people to end s al after his ial ments, llg them "abhorrent" Pacquiao had said durg a TV terview that animals were better than gay people "bee they n distguish male om female" remarks were nmned across the world - cludg by gay basketball star Jason Colls and the boxer who feated him last May, Floyd Pacquiao then apologised on Facebook, sayg he was sorry for hurtg people and was "not nmng LGBT" but was still agast gay source, AFP/GettyImage ptn, Mr Pacquiao, who is extremely popular, says he wants to be printBut on Thursday, a Bible quote appeared on his Instagram acunt, readg: "If a man has sexual relatns wh a man as one do wh a woman, both of them have done what is ttable. Homosexualy is not a crime the Philipp, but gay marriage is agast the law the strongly Catholic on this story.

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(1:38)Associated PrsFeb 16, 2016, 04:46 AM ETMANILA, Philipp -- Boxg star and Philippe Senate ndidate Manny Pacquiao apologized Tuday for nouncg people gay relatnships as "worse than animals" but said he stood by his opposn to same-sex Filipo celebri were among those cricizg his remarks, ma when a TV work asked ndidat about their views on same-sex marriage. "Among those who reacted strongly was popular gay edian and TV host Jose Marie Viceral, known as Vice Ganda, who tweeted that lbians, gay men, bisexual people and transgenr people are humans, not animals. He said that they're not sats, but that they will pray for the boxer, who is wily acclaimed for brgg honors to his Ganda posted a picture of Pope Francis, suggtg that even the lear of the Roman Catholic church do not nmn gays.

MANNY PACQUIAO APOLOGIZ FOR SAYG 'GAY PEOPLE ARE WORSE THAN ANIMALS'

He quoted the pope: "If a person is gay and he search for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?

"I'm sorry for hurtg people by parg homosexuals to animals, " he said a Facebook vio. Manny Pacquiao apologiz for parg gays to animals. Manny Pacquiao apologiz after remarks on gay people e outrage Philipp.

Eight-time boxg champn says homosexuals are "worse than animals". Eight-time world boxg champn Manny Pacquiao has apologized after sparkg outrage the Philipp by sayg gay people are “worse than animals. “I’m sorry for everyone who got hurt due to my parison of gay people (homosexuals) to animals, ” he said.

MANNY PACQUIAO RPONDS TO CRICISM OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS

My only mistake is parg gay people to animals.

Reactn to his ments was swift, wh one of the untry’s most popular gay edians, Vice Ganda, g the hashtag #PrayForMannyPacquiao on Twter. Though gay marriag do take place, they are not regnized by the state or by the church.

PHILIPPE BOXER MANNY PACQUIAO APOLOGIS FOR GAY SLUR

Fighter and Philipp senatorial ndidate Manny Pacquiao said he was sorry for homophobic ments he ma on televisn. The eight-time world boxg champn ced outrage when he said, “Gay people are worse than animals” on Filipo televisn program TV5. ” Lol gay rights anizatn Ladlad lled on voters to boytt the ndidate.

“I’m sorry for everyone who got hurt due to my parison of gay people (homosexuals) to animals.

” Neher the state nor the church currently regniz gay marriage the Philipp, Asia’s most Catholic untry. However, he got himself to a huge ntroversy when he stated gay persons were worse than animals. "I'm sorry for everyone who got hurt due to my parison of gay people to animals.

MANNY PACQUIAO PANS ANTI-GAY CLAIMS

And while the Filipo boxg star has apologized for sayg last week that gay upl are “worse than animals, " which led to the termatn of an endorsement ntract wh Nike, he stood behd his Christian fah and opposn to same-sex marriage when asked Sunday. He apologized "for hurtg people by parg homosexuals to animals" on Twter several hours after Nike's announcement, but add he is happy that "a lot of people were alarmed by the tth. Image source, RtersImage ptn, Pacquiao remas hugely popular his home untryPhilippe boxer and polician Manny Pacquiao has apologised the face of severe cricism for sayg homosexuals were "worse than animals".

MANNY PACQUIAO'S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC PERMANENTLY MARS HIS LEGACY

Wrg on his Facebook page, Mr Pacquiao said he remaed agast gay marriage but was "not nmng LGBT". "God Bls you all and I'm prayg for you, " he Pacquiao's origal remark, ma durg a TV terview, drew ire om gay Filipo celebri and a rights group and sparked heated discsn. "Filipo edian Vice Ganda and sger Aiza Seguerra, who are openly gay, have cricised Mr Pacquiao for his ments, llg him a "hypocre" and a "false prophet".

Lol gay rights anisatn and polil group Ladlad nmned his remarks and issued a ll to voters to boytt Mr said a statement, reported lol media, that his view "betrays a shallow unrstandg of sexual orientatn and genr inty" and that failure to unrstand gay rights issu would leave him the dark ag "when the vemen led and the numbskulls roamed the Earth" source, Instagram / Manny PacquiaoOn Tuday, Mr Pacquiao, who has won world tl eight different weight divisns, had posted a picture of himself wh his wife on Instagram an apparent rponse to the said: "I rather obey the Lord's mand than obeyg the sir of the flh.

NIKE CUTS TI WH MANNY PACQUIAO AFTER ANTI-GAY MENTS

He reprents his wife's home provce of Sarangani the lower Filipos hold nservative views on gay rights bee much of the populatn is Catholic, but the untry has several proment gay personali and the pal, Manila, also has a vibrant gay on this story. LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao says he lov and supports gays and lbians, even though he do not approve of gay world champn boxer and Filipo ngrsman has been cricized ever sce he was quoted an terview on the webse sayg he opposed Print Barack Obama's support for gay marriage. Pacquiao said Wednday an terview wh The Associated Prs that he don't support gay marriage bee of his Roman Catholic beliefs.

But he said he has gay iends and relativ, and supports their rights. "I'm not agast the gay people, " Pacquiao said.

I have a (who is) gay.

NIKE DROPS MANNY PACQUIAO AFTER ANTI-GAY MENTS

I have relativ (who are) gay.

WILL PACQUIAO'S MENTS ON GAY RIGHTS AFFECT HIS FIGHT WH BRADLEY?

I have a lot of iends (who are) gay, so I'm not nmng gays.

Although Pacquiao is experiencg a newfound passn for his relign and has socially nservative views le wh many Filipos' beliefs, he was eager to clear his name after a 24-hour avalanche of cricism over the belief that the eight-divisn world champn boxer had nounced gay rights and even supported the killg of gay people. "I stand behd Print Obama & support gay marriage, " Mayweather tweeted.

When a wrer om appeared to suggt that Manny Pacquiao believ that gay people should be put to ath as part of his ments disavowg same-sex marriage, didn't get as much attentn as if he'd given the quot to, say, "60 Mut.