Manny Pacquiao rips President Obama for stance on gay marriage
Source: yahoo
It's not too often a boxer blasts the President of the United States, but it's also not too common that an active fighter gets elected to Congress. But boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, a freshman congressman from Sarangani province in the Philippines, laid into President Obama because of Obama's support for gay marriage.
Pacquiao, who defends his World Boxing Organization welterweight title against Timothy Bradley on June 9 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, is a devout Catholic who has brought a spiritual advisor, Pastor Jeric Soriano, with him from The Philippines to Los Angeles. He visited Obama in the Oval Office last year, discussing basketball and boxing with the President.
In an interview with the National Conservative Examiner, Pacquiao criticized Obama's stance as an attack on the will of God.
"God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other. It should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah of old."
Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/manny-pacquiao-congressman-pacquiao-rips-president-obama-stance-165741476.html
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)such as these.
H2O Man
(73,668 posts)It's rare for me to speak out against any participant in The Great Sport." But I've never cared much for Manny Pacquiao. In large part, I dislike that he has cheated in boxing by use of steroids. But this, to me, is far more offensive.
I look forward to Floyd Mayweather kicking the shit out of Pacquiao.
The Wizard
(12,554 posts)you're a great boxer but.......................
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)If we're not bigoted enough for you, go home and stay there.
Lars77
(3,032 posts)When the US annexed the Philippines they were not far off committing genocide to stop the rebellion, with some 300.000 people put in concentration camps.
Still, he is obviously a religious lunatic and wrong on this issue.
alp227
(32,073 posts)and with a Muslim minority. If Republicans wanted the ultimate pro life land, they are welcome to move to the philippines http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/globalhealth/jan-june12/philippines_01-23.html
we in the united states have the rights to LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS!! I am not a Lesbian but i feel very strong about SOMEBODIES RIGHTS AS A PERSON AN AMERICAN. Nobody should be denied there right to freedom cause of race religion or sexuality.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)to be worrying about what people do with their sex lives. Pac-Man ought to be staying out of the political stuff and stick to training for his fight against Mayweather.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Hello Floyd ? it's time for that ass whipping...as soon as you get out of jail, that is.
This little punk wants the money so bad he's trying to butt into our affairs here at home to get your attention.
Let's do this....quickly. Give the chump a few more bucks if that's what it takes, but just DO IT !
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...
AllyCat
(16,259 posts)slackmaster
(60,567 posts)H2O Man
(73,668 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)And I say that as someone who, until a minute ago, thought he, Mayweather, was the biggest douchebag in boxing.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)markpkessinger
(8,409 posts). . . but fortunately for the rest of us, we do not determine our laws by what a particular child molestation cult deems to be the "will of God."
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I'll think I'll pass on his attributes as a political/religious commentator.
Caeser67
(156 posts)lost a fan. I will never cheer for that Woman beater Mayweather, but I will never cheer for Pacquiao again. Until he and the rest of his religious zealot idiots (of all religions) can show me where it says that marriage is something that was handed down by G'd. STFU.
dmallind
(10,437 posts)Understanding the essential nature of liberty and natural law, and beating the hell out of another human being are both valid skills, but apparently rarely combined.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)He has the equivalent of an elementary school education and has been getting hit in the head for a living since he was 15-years-old. I don't know why anybody would care about his opinion on anything that isn't directly related to his primary occupation.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)...through head injury. He'll probably be down to their speed after Mayweather.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)we've put a lot of well-meaning but moronic sports heroes in congress here, too...
Fearless
(18,421 posts)SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)so what he thinks isn't up for discussion here.
BluegrassDem
(1,693 posts)And I'd pay to see it!
alp227
(32,073 posts)or give Pacquiao standing ovations?
provis99
(13,062 posts)You're opposed to gay marriage because you're a bigot, not because the Imaginary Sky Fairy told you so.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)What an assholic statement to make. I hope someone knocks his head off in the ring.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Keep it. Waste of time and money to build it anyway, because guess what? Nobody home on the other end.
Prometheus Bound
(3,489 posts)Not a great spokesman for the sanctity of marriage.
cali
(114,904 posts)mabuhayp
(135 posts)if indeed he has commited adultery
Its has been said that Manny Pacquiao has committed adultery with a Filipina actress.
Destroyeth his own soul - Sins against his life, for, under the law of Moses, adultery was punished with death; Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself. = Proverbs 6:32
I use to be a fan of Manny Pacquiao, but no more!
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