Manny Pacquiao Fights Back on Gay Marriage

Make no mistake about it. International boxing champion Manny Pacquiao opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage. But contrary to the petition launched by a pro-homosexual group to get sporting goods manufacturer Nike to drop him as a spokesman, Pacquiao never expressed hatred for “gays,” and he never said that they should be killed.

Following the May 12 publication of an article on Examiner.com, in which Pacquiao told reporter Granville Ampong that “God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married,” a group calling itself the “Courage Campaign“ called on Nike to “Drop Homophobic Boxer Manny Pacquiao,” claiming, according to Breitbart.com, that the Philipino boxer had spoken out against homosexual marriage by, in part, quoting a passage from Levitiucus that reads: “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death.”

The petition, which by May 18 had garnered some 25,000 signatures, challenged Nike: “Do not tarnish your brand. Stand with millions of LGBT and fair minded-people the world over. Drop Manny Pacquiao now. Hatred surely does not = Nike.”

But a close reading of the Examiner.com article makes clear that the reporter, not Pacquiao, had inserted the Scripture, and Pacquiao limited his comments to a Christian perspective on marriage. “God’s words first,” the boxer told reporter Ampong. “… obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man.” Pacquiao added that “God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married. It should not be of the same sex, so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah.”

Ampong confirmed that the boxer had nothing to do with the reference to the Old Testament scripture. “Nowhere in my supposition and integration of my interview with Pacquiao did I mention that Pacquiao recited this Leviticus 20:13 nor did I imply that Pacquiao had quoted such,” the reporter was quoted by HispanicBusinesss.com as saying. Ampong added that “I have simply reminded in my column how God made it clear in the Old Testament time that such practice of same-sex marriage is detestable and strictly forbidden, in as much as God wants to encourage his people practices that lead to health and happiness and fullness of life.”

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Linda F.

Even if Granville Ampong hadn't included the reference to Leviticus, the people who belong to the "Courage Campaign" would still target Manny Pacquiao and they would still tell Nike to drop him. Why? Because they fail miserably when it comes to practicing what they preach. See, they love to lecture others about love and tolerance. But they can't be bothered to demonstrate that love and tolerance when doing so would be inconvenient to them. Meaning: they only love and tolerate those who agree with them and their POV. But they have nothing but intolerance and contempt for the rest of us. If they can't be bothered to practice love and tolerance when it inconveniences them, then they need to keep their hypocritical lectures to themselves.
- reinhold
  
  You are correct Linda! End Tolerance. Homosexuals are disturbed individuals. They hate themselves so intensely they practice all manner of the bizarre to garner adulation. Attempting to justify their perversion the homosexuals when that they are "Proud"of their perversion. Of course honest people openly reject homosexual conduct. The Jewist Kabal seeks to destroy our Christian Society by destroying true Christina principles, morals and ethics. They declare every action to be acceptable under the doctrine of tolerance- enforce tolerance. This doctrine is found in the foundations of the synagogue of satan. It is rehearsed plainly in the Hindu Law: “One shall not condemn another religion or race by word or deed.”
  (King Asoka Founder of Buddhism) “Thou [Buddha] art the ruler of all minds” (National anthem of India) The Jewist despises all that are not Jewist. The Goyim (cattle). To herd these "cattle" the Jewist promulgates perversity of all kinds. Homosexual conduct is but one of many. The perversion of art was carrioefd out by The Guggenheim making the marlket for the grotesque bizarre renderings by Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso – From the Confession category:
  The 'refined', the 'rich', the 'professional do nothing', the 'distiller of quintessence' desire only the peculiar, and sensational, the eccentric, the scandalous in today's art. And I myself, since the advent of cubism, have fed these fellows what they wanted and satisfied these critics with all the ridiculous ideas that have passed through my head. The less they understood, the more they have admired me! …Today, as you know, I am celebrated, I am rich. But when I am alone, I do not have the effrontery to consider myself an artist at all, not in the grand meaning of the word. …I am only a public clown, a mountebank. I have understood my time and exploited the imbecility, the vanity, the greed of my contemporaries. It is a bitter confession, this confession of mine, more painful than it may seem. But, at least, and at last, it does have the merit of being honest. (Pablo Picasso) It is no different for the Kabal of the Bogus bank of Credit Fraud. We are forced to tolerate the criminal conduct in order for criminals to gain without a genuine effort. No. We must not tolerate homosexuals any more than adulterers, liars, thieves and murderers. A successful society requires valid standards of conduct. Remove these and fond failure. Defend the synagogue of satan at your peril. That goes for Son of a Bush and his father, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and John Travolta and all other such liars and perverts.
  - mesaman
    
    I echo this as well. I have found the LBGT members to be intolerant, capricious, vindictive, vicious, nasty tempered, infants. When angered the standard reaction is to 1) stage a sit down strike, a march, a protest rally, a boycott, a benefit gala. Note that every option is intended to bring visibility to their outrageous behavior. Note also there is a complete lack of remedies which could resolve the issue at hand. I would think of them as children with utopian ideals and an uncontrolled sex drive.
  - daves
    
    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
    This is the first and great commandment.
    And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
    On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
    - lambsev11
      
      Speaking the truth in love, so that homosexuals may gain heaven and shun hell, unrepented homosexuality is cause for God to send homosexuals to hell.
      - Ervemyrtle
        
        GOD will not ask anyone's opinion when HE sends us to the right or to the left. HE knows everyone of us even better than we know ourselves. HE will give us credit of every good thing that we have done. HE also knows every sin we committed. HE knows our hearts if they are loving or if they are consumed with hate. HE will sent us to the home that we have earned.
      - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22306708/Jn6.37.png Despeville
        
        "…credit of every good thing that we have done."
        
        So you are a proselytizer of works based pseudo salvation too? How fitting…
    - keyboardshark
      
      Condoning homosexual behavior that is destructive physically, mentally and spiritually is not love. Rather, telling them the truth about their lifestyle, and sharing the Good News of freedom in Jesus Christ is truly loving them as one would love themselves.
gracemarie

Good for Manny Pacquiao! I applaud him, and I especially applaud the fact that he did NOT say anything hateful. Just because something is sinful doesn't mean you hate the people who practice the sin.
- Evermyrtle
  
  Why is it, we anti-homosexual dare not speak against it, while they so deliberately wipe GOD and JESUS CHRIST our of everything and we dare not speak against that either.
Getoveryourself

Funny how freedom of speech only applies if you "agree" with the gay agenda!
evermyrtle

There are many scriptures in GOD'S WORD, that are against homosexuality and these liberals refuse to recognize the fact
that is is evil in the sight of GOD and Christians. We neeed all to turn to HIM and recognize that HIS way is the onlu way we have ot get out of this mess.
keyboardshark

"A major engine for the left’s insatiable quest for power goes under the strange name of “political correctness” – an insidious frontal attack on common sense and conscience through language manipulation.
Many people mistakenly regard political correctness as just a nutty liberal fetish for not hurting people’s feelings. Words and phrases are continually decreed to be “insensitive” to various “minorities” and therefore replaced with euphemisms so as to avoid real or perceived offense.

More subversively, however, people’s ignoble or criminal qualities became disguised and excused with euphemisms: “Illegal aliens” became “illegal immigrants” and then “undocumented immigrants” and presto-chango, something bad was magically transformed into something good. Homosexuals became “gay,” abortion advocates became “pro-choice” and atheists became “brights,” each euphemism converting a negative association into a positive one. Today, increasing numbers of people refer to pedophilia as “intergenerational sex” and child molesters as “minor-attracted persons” or MAPs.

All of this is not, however, just a matter of annoyingly manipulative “word games.” Our civilization is literally being turned upside-down through the strategic redefinition (and therefore transformation) of our society’s operating principles.

“Love” too has been redefined. At its finest, love is a spiritual quality of selfless, sacrificial caring about others, epitomized by Jesus when He said on the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” The soldier who falls on an enemy grenade to save the lives of his fellow warriors acts out of love. But today, “love” has reached a low point – the word is used to sanctify same-sex marriage and celebrate what once were called “vile affections.”

Even pedophiles creepily talk about “men and the boys they love” to justify their crimes. After all, how can love be vile? For many, our idea of “love” – basically, our feelings of attraction toward anything to which we are addicted – is now firmly in the gutter, like “equality.”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/political-correctness-…