Manny Pacquiao: People in same-sex relationships 'worse than animals'

[Moadar]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...-relationships

"MANILA, Philippines -- Boxing star and Philippine Senate candidate Manny Pacquiao apologized Tuesday for denouncing people in gay relationships as "worse than animals" but said he stood by his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Fellow Filipino celebrities were among those criticizing his remarks, made when a TV network asked candidates about their views on same-sex marriage.

"It's just common sense," Pacquiao said in the remarks posted online by the TV5 network. "Have you seen any animal having male-to-male or female-to-female relations?"

Animals, he said, were better because they recognize gender differences, and "if you have male-to-male or female-to-female [relationships], then people are worse than animals." "

Will be interesting to see people's reactions to what Pacquiao has said. He was always thought of as being a great guy, but on the flip side his fans have always made excuses for him in the boxing world. He has been talking about retiring from the ring and doing politics full time but this might put a wrench in those plans. I am not sure how the Philippines are with gay rights, so this might even further his career.

[Saucexorzski]

Someone tell this man about Google.

The videos of gay animals would trigger him again.

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The Philippines is incredibly religious and very unfriendly towards homosexuality. It's a dumb justification, but I'm not surprised at all.

[truckboattruck]

The videos of gay animals would trigger him again.

animals do it out of stupidity
ive seen dogs hump piles of newspaper

[Belize]

animals do it out of stupidity
ive seen dogs hump piles of newspaper

Objectophelia in animals confirmed!

[evogsr]

The Philippines is incredibly religious and very unfriendly towards homosexuality. It's a dumb justification, but I'm not surprised at all.

Some truth to this on the surface, but the Philippines are quite the destination for tranny prostitutes on that side of the world. People who disrespect Mama-san get the girly boy for the night.

[TITAN308]

animals do it out of stupidity
ive seen dogs hump piles of newspaper

I've also seen my mother's FEMALE dog hump stuff on rare occasion.

I chalk it up to stupidity, not that my mother has a tranny dog.

[Belize]

I've also seen my mother's FEMALE dog hump stuff on rare occasion.

I chalk it up to stupidity, not that my mother has a tranny dog.

Excuse me, your mother's dog is clearly gender non-conformative, who are you to judge what it identifies as!?

[Independent voter]

Filipino boxer, *shrug*.

[Underverse]

animals do it out of stupidity
ive seen dogs hump piles of newspaper

Yep, all those bonobos are just making mistakes. It's a miracle they've survived this long.

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Some truth to this on the surface, but the Philippines are quite the destination for tranny prostitutes on that side of the world. People who disrespect Mama-san get the girly boy for the night.

They're not exactly respected.

[GodlyBob]

Yep, all those bonobos are just making mistakes. It's a miracle they've survived this long.

Yeah, but we're in no way related to animals!

[Kaleredar]

So are professional boxers supposed to be the poster boy of the enlightened modern man?

I could care very little about what some guy in the Philippines thinks of homosexuality.

[Jester Joe]

While I'm sure there's a discussion to be had about this, the issue is we don't allow sexuality/orientation as a topic for discussion, even if it's other people's opinions towards those topics.

Closing this.