Manny Pacquiao might not support gay marriage, but that doesn’t mean he has to quote some of the most backward Bible verses on homosexuality when talking about it.
In an interview with the Conservative Examiner, the six-time world title-winning boxer quoted Leviticus 20:13 in crafting a reaction to Obama’s recent support of gay marriage.
Said Pacquiao: “God’s words first … obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man… 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; their blood will be on their own heads.”
Really? Need he be reminded Leviticus says all sorts of crazy antiquated shit like, don’t wear clothing woven of two materials, put to death people who curse their father or mother, shellfish are an abomination, etc.
And what about adultery, a sin that’s warned against in the 10 Commandments? L.A. Weekly points out Pacquiao, who’s now an elected politician in the Philippines, is allegedly not so faithful to his wife:
It’s been pointed out to us that the very married Pacquiao hasn’t exactly been by-the-book when it comes to his own union—allegedly. He has been linked in reports to a Filipina actress named Krista Ranillo.
These religious zealots. Always talking the talk and usually not walking the walk.
sheena
im from philippines and hes an idiot…he didnt finish school and his english is fucked up……then he runs for congress….he is power hungry and stupid..hes fame hungry……oh jesus…IM SO NOT PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO idiots
Mark
Fuck you. You were not born here so shut the fuck up. By the way, how’s that adulterous affair working out for ya?
Philip
Nah, let’s just execute ignorant, ugly, washed up boxers instead. Makes about as much sense as what he said. What a little twerp.
Bill
I’ll bet my 401K this dude sucks dick.
Charley
A few too many blows to the head.
jason
Who on earth is this little Filippino nose-worm? Ewwwwww.
Chuck
Ex professional athletes (adults who play games for a living) should be put to death.
sheena
his mom as well should be punched to death lol they should be both be punched to death….this dude is ILLITERATE CHEATER lol….he was talking about bible but he is fucking girls 10 timey younger then him from clubs lol
Dame
I do not understand Christians quoting Old Testament as the Law of God. Old Testament, or Mosaic Laws, are laws for Jews. Those laws about not eating Shrimps or keeping short hair, are covenants of cleanliness that Jews have with their God. When Jesus Christ came, he allowed Gentiles to be able to receive God(God of Abraham)’s salvation. Well, basically he trashed Old Testament laws(which demanded that you be pure), and brought a whole new way people connect with God. He bridged the gap between Jews and Gentiles.
So in short, stuff in Leviticus or whatever should not be in Christian doctrine. It’s what sets Christianity apart from Judaism.
Now, I am not a Christian, but this is what I know from taking Western Civ classes. So, if I know what the New Covenant is, then freaking Christians should know this too!!! ARGH.
Andy
Confirming that Christianity is a *malevolent* mental illness.
Christopher
I’m with #4 Biil. I don’t think this guy could keep his wrist straight with a splint….
michael
Wait a second.
Leveticus
20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Danny
When quoting the bible to condemn people, be careful what you wish for. Matthew 5:27 says if you look at a woman lustfully you have committed adultery. Adultery in the bible is punishable by death. So according to the bible any heterosexual male can be put to death.
Derek Washington
Complete and total jerk.
http://tinyurl.com/d3h8vb3
lancer
number one= the bible is fake bullshit
number two= didn’t he have several babymamas or something–yeah thats really moral of him
anyone who listens to this brainless idiot should have their heads examined
Chly
Just commenting
Chly
Im a Filipino and I must admit a lot of us are bigoted assholes.
therealbutter
He was in some adverts for Hewlett-Packard last year.. By no means are they responsible for the ignorant comments of anyone featured in their ad(s), but I hope they and any other advertisers drop him hard!
Clockwork
Next thing we’ll see gay men and lesbians hosting parties to watch and cheer against Manny in the ring.
todd
@sheena: Be proud to be Filipina! He doesn’t represent the whole of the Philippines or you any more than Tony Perkins can be said to represent the average American. It’s unfortunate that it seems popular people are not always the best example for the whole of a society.
Brandt Hardin
Religious groups and the GOP have suppressed the rights of the Gay and Lesbian community for FAR too long. It was about time a public official like Obama stood up for this human rights issue while Mitt Romney hides behind Red State Religion and his Magic Mormon Underwear. See Mitt in his sacred undergarments praying for enough money to buy this election so he can spread his bigotry and homophobia at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romneys-magic-mormon-underwear.html
B
No. 9 · Dame wrote, “I do not understand Christians quoting Old Testament as the Law of God. Old Testament, or Mosaic Laws, are laws for Jews.”
This is a case where “it gets worse”: the very last sentence in Leviticus (he quoted a different part of Leviticus) states, “These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai.” Looks like this “Christian” didn’t read the whole thing before he spouted off his “you are sinnnners” thing.
Spike
He speaks the truth, at least from the Christian Taliban perspective. Lots of Christians out there would like to see us put to death, it’s just a little to extreme to talk about out in the open like this moron is doing. With that said, looking forward to him getting the shit beat out of him in future fights, will give me reason to pay attention to the outcome.
Danny
@therealbutter It was reported that HP has an anti-gay CEO.
Cameron
I also liked him and thought he was hot, so there goes another one. I have to say though that the stories about the boxers in training thtat win the ‘honour’ of sleeping at the end of his bed c
Sound more than a little odd
shannon
GET THE HELL OUT OF MY COUNTRY AND GO BACK TO SLEEPING ON DIRT FLOORS IN THAT HOT CESSPOOL of a “COUNTRY” YOU COME FROM!!!!!! I HATE PEOPLE COMING HERE SAYING THIS SHIT! ———-GET THE HELL OUT———-
kendoll
On Easter, Filipinos lined up to have nail spikes driven through their hands. More of that! It’s crazyland for sure.
Belize
@jason: It’s Filipino. You’re ignorant. Eww.
1equalityUSA
Romney’s running mate?
Belize
@shannon: “GET THE HELL OUT OF MY COUNTRY AND GO BACK TO SLEEPING ON DIRT FLOORS IN THAT HOT CESSPOOL of a “COUNTRY” YOU COME FROM!!!!!! I HATE PEOPLE COMING HERE SAYING THIS SHIT! ———-GET THE HELL OUT———-”
OK. I understand that you are upset. I’m upset too. But please do not think that the entirety of the Philippines can be represented by someone as stupid and primitive as Manny Pacquiao. If anything, he only represents one of the 7,107 islands in the country. I would know since I lived there for years.
The whole “sleeping on the floor” bit is a severely misguided imagery considering the fact that there are many modernized areas in the country. But I agree. It is hot considering the fact that it sits near the equator.
However, I implore you to not think ill-will of the whole country just because of one man. Are there religious nut jobs in the Philippines? Absolutely. But there are also a lot of Pro LGBT movements in the country. Plus, the nation itself is not as bad as other areas in the world where LGBT are put to death. I mean, for crying out loud, THE CURRENT STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF ITS NUMBER ONE STATE UNIVERSITY IS LGBT.
@kendoll: “On Easter, Filipinos lined up to have nail spikes driven through their hands. More of that! It’s crazyland for sure.”
LOL. You are severely misinformed, child. First of all, the penitensya is a practice done in lent not easter.
Secondly, people do NOT line up for it since it is not even a popular practice. It hasn’t been so for the LAST TWENTY YEARS.
Thirdly, it is not even legal in a great number of areas in the country. A lot of people oppose it due to the health risks involved and generally, the stupidity of the act itself.
Fourthly, need I remind you that since there is a religious conflict in the country, NOT ALL FILIPINOS ARE CATHOLIC. Plus, not all Catholics in the country are devout. Actually, a great number of Catholics in the Philippines are only Catholic because some of the best schools in the nation–Ateneo, La Salle–are run by the Catholic Church.
Finally, Manny Pacquiao is a poorly educated imbecile raised in some far flung province where the resources are not well injected upon the economy. If Americans have red-state hicks who would shoot you for being gay, Filipinos have people like Manny Pacquiao. Do you know what the difference is? People like him would spit Biblical hellfire and brimstone bu he would not physically attack you for being gay. That’s one of the things I learned from staying in that country. There are a lot of homophobes for sure. But their homophobia has NEVER transgressed to the brutal level of some US states.
I wouldn’t be surprised if his religious stupidity is due to the fact that he was once poor. And now, the nouveau rich is milking it for all it’s worth.
Belize
@B: “Looks like this “Christian” didn’t read the whole thing before he spouted off his “you are sinnnners” thing.”
Who said anything about him being Christian? He is a Roman Catholic. And in the Philippines, there is a very VERY big cultural and mental difference between those two.
tjr101
Wow, Pacquiao sounds like your average Republican.
Belize
@Christopher: Considering his adulterous past with A LOT of women, I would think he is straight.
Belize
@Chuck: “Ex professional athletes (adults who play games for a living) should be put to death.”
Um… who said anything about him being an ex-professional athlete? He still fights until now. His next opponent is Timothy Bradley.
The man is an ignorant and arrogant prick, to be honest. Remember when the world was scared shitless because of the H1N1 virus? When this moron landed in the Philippines after his fight in the US, the government of Manila sought to have him quarantined just like a lot of other people. He defied that order since he doesn’t “feel as though he is sick.”
I’m friends with a lot of Filipinos and I think that it is a wonderful country. But this man is among the worst that country can offer. Seriously.
Belize
@tjr101: “Wow, Pacquiao sounds like your average Republican.”
You should listen to his ignorant, bible-thumping, provincial mother. There are a lot of people who are like him in the country–completely disgraceful.
Belize
@Cameron: “I also liked him and thought he was hot, so there goes another one.”
All that hotness goes away from me the moment you hear his croaky, impish voice. And the hotness disappears completely the moment you hear what it is that he wants to say.
Belize
@kendoll: “On Easter, Filipinos lined up to have nail spikes driven through their hands. More of that! It’s crazyland for sure.”
LOL. You are severely misinformed, child. First of all, the penitensya is a practice done in lent not easter.
Secondly, people do NOT line up for it since it is not even a popular practice. It hasn’t been so for the LAST TWENTY YEARS.
Thirdly, it is not even legal in a great number of areas in the country. A lot of people oppose it due to the health risks involved and generally, the stupidity of the act itself.
Fourthly, need I remind you that since there is a religious conflict in the country, NOT ALL FILIPINOS ARE CATHOLIC. Plus, not all Catholics in the country are devout. Actually, a great number of Catholics in the Philippines are only Catholic because some of the best schools in the nation–Ateneo, La Salle–are run by the Catholic Church.
Finally, Manny Pacquiao is a poorly educated imbecile raised in some far-flung province where the resources are not well injected upon the economy. If Americans have red-state hicks who would shoot you for being gay, Filipinos have people like Manny Pacquiao.
Do you know what the difference is? People like him would spit Biblical hellfire and brimstone bu he would not physically attack you for being gay. That’s one of the things I learned from staying in that country. There are a lot of homophobes for sure. But their homophobia has NEVER transgressed to the brutal level of some US states as well as some countries in Africa.
I wouldn’t be surprised if his stupidity is due to the fact that he was once poor. And now, the nouveau rich is milking it for all it’s worth by acting as though he does not need class in order to seem important.
Trust me. This man DOES NOT represent the Filipinos well. He is but a tragic droplet of a very complicated cultural landscape brought on by the VERY IMPORTANT FACT THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS AN ARCHIPELAGO that only became a country due to the necessity brought on by the war against Spain in the 1500s.
(Yes I know I have posted this already. But I sincerely feel as though I have to rehabilitate the LGBT landscape of that country because of this stupid boxer.)
Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/bible-thumping-boxer-turned-politician-says-gays-should-be-put-to-death-20120515/#ixzz1v0Jd4y7p
Aiden
THis dude is a peace of shit, but really , you’re going to respond with racism. But you won’t say shit when a white person says the same thing. Fuck him, and fuck you too.
Kev C
If Manny was a real man, he’d stop hiding behind bible verses and come out and say he’d like to kill homosexuals. If that’s what you believe, just be a man and say it.
Belize
@Aiden: Was that a response to my comment? Sorry. It came after mine and you didn’t really clear it up. If so, then I’d rather not “fuck you.” Ignorance turns me off. If that is a response to my comment, then clearly you do NOT know what racism is.
—
Anyway, if people want to know a different facet of LGBT related ideology in the Philippines, here are but samples of it…
http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2012/05/15/monopolizing-marriage-gay-marriage-and-other-traditional-versions/
http://filipinofreethinkers.org/2012/05/07/the-privilege-of-personhood-why-same-sex-couples-deserve-the-right-to-marry/
MJ
@Aiden:@Belize: I think Aiden’s comment was to all these people who needed to be educated on the Philippines a bit more. oh, and by the way thanks for the listen.
now what I have for a few select individuals here: REALLY GUYS?!?!? REALLY?!?!?!? every time someone of another minority in the US or from another country opens their bigoted mouth and says some stupid shit, you jump to get torches and pitch forks and after the whole damn race. you (Shannon and Kendall)seem to forget that 1)there are people of the same race you just bashed who are gay and may know just a little bit more than you on what it’s really like where they live and 2) that the idiots like Manny Pacquiao are not the damn rulers of their people so what they say falls on A LOT of deaf ears!! do I wake up every morning so I can Listen to bishop Eddie Long spout pedophile ridden anti-gay shit because he’s black? no. do i do a lot of dumb stereotypical racist shit because I happen to be a black person? NO!!! so please get off of your high horses, and shut the hell up
Spike
This guy has chosen a career in which he gets hit in the head/face for a living.
Enough said.
Mangina
I’m filipino and never got on the Manny train. Pacquiao is the equivalent of the Philippines Mike Tyson. Ignorant, uneducated, and overrated. I wouldn’t buy into anything he says. From his marital infidelities, his poor financial investments, and squandering his money I’m going to be laughing when he files bankruptcy and fades into obscurity. Like Spike said, he makes a living taking a few hard knocks to the head. The dude obviously has brain damange.
George
The “death penalty” in Leviticus is just a listing of the most extreme penalty for crimes, most of the people punished under those laws simply paid a fine. The exception is for things like murder where it says that “no ransom” can be paid.
And what is his point of quoting Leviticus specifically any way? There are New Testament passages which condemn gay sex without condemning gay people to death, why not just pick one of those unless you really wanted to focus on the execution part?
Crixus
What a trash bag! I hope all the endoresements from Nike and Hennesey pull out! I know a lot of gay Filipinos who used to like this guy and now are tearing up his merch and vowing to not pay to watch his matches. “The lord giveth, the lord taketh away”.
Robbie
While he is obviously an ignorant jerk, people (including Queerty editors) should probably read the article on salon.com about how he has been massively distorted and misquoted….
This isn’t as clear-cut as we think.
Ivan
I am filipino and, sadly, most Filipinos are ignorant fuc*ks like this brainless religious hypocrite boxer. This uneducated fool was elected congressman for crying out loud. Never really watched his fights and i seriously wish that he loses in his next fight.
JayKay
Um…
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/pacquiao-interviewer-boxer-didnt-say-gays-must-be-put-to-death-i-wrote-that/media/2012/05/16/39667
Houston Bill
@Mark: Plus +1000.
slaughter
What-tha-phuck-ever. A spade is a spade and a homophobe is a homphobe. Phuck the excuses, “oh he is only homophobic because of XYZ”. Save that chit for a bitch who doesn’t have any sense.
aweh
i admire him as a boxer
but i hate how celebrities in the philippines become political figures
and like someone said before manny didnt isnt educated and his english is horrible –
im sorry but im catholic but im not a brainwashed sheep that follows everything the bible has to say…maybe since he is an adulterer he should be stoned to deat – how about that
and hes cheated on his wife way more than with one woman
JON
Put to death, huh? That to me would be considered murder. I think Bible-thumping Manny forgot something. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS! He is an ignorant asshole!
Macmantoo
@Belize: Well the reason for the many adultreous affairs is because he hasn’t found the right GUY. The women couldn’t satify him.
Aiden
@Belize: What the hell are you talking about, I wasn’t even talking about you. And yes, I’m black so I understand racism very well, save your condescending comments for someone else.
B
No. 31 · Belize wrote, ‘@B: “Looks like this “Christian” didn’t read the whole thing before he spouted off his “you are sinnnners” thing.” Who said anything about him being Christian? He is a Roman Catholic. And in the Philippines, there is a very VERY big cultural and mental difference between those two.”
Really? According to http://www.seasite.niu.edu/crossroads/russell/christianity.htm it appears that “The Philippines is approximately 85 percent Christian (mostly Roman Catholic). …” It is more diverse that before, but nobody in his right mind would claim that Roman Catholics are not Christians.
B
According to http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/16/national/a162638D71.DTL&tsp=1 Manny Pacquiao claims he never quoted Leviticus (and had never read it). He claims to have told a reporter he opposed same sex marriage and when asked why, replied by saying “It’s the law of God” and nothing else. The article indicates that the writer clarified his statement and said that the writer added the Leviticus quote on his own.
Mark
Ever heard of “don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house?” So many politicians still haven’t got a clue.