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June 11, 2012
Anti-gay Filipino boxer loses fight

Manny Pacquiao loses against Timothy Bradley, says he opposes gay ‘sin’ in pre-fight interview

Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao, who caused controversy last month by making anti-gay statements, lost a fight on Saturday.

Before the World Welterweight Championship bout with US fighter Timothy Bradley on Saturday, Pacquiao told USA Today:

June 11, 2012
Anti-gay Filipino boxer loses fight

Manny Pacquiao loses against Timothy Bradley, says he opposes gay ‘sin’ in pre-fight interview

Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao, who caused controversy last month by making anti-gay statements, lost a fight on Saturday.

Before the World Welterweight Championship bout with US fighter Timothy Bradley on Saturday, Pacquiao told USA Today:

May 17, 2012
Filipino boxer denies quoting Leviticus

Manny Pacquiao says that he supports gay rights, but opposes gay marriage

Filipino world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has denied quoting a violent anti-gay passage of the Bible and defended his opposition to gay marriage after a backlash.

National Conservative Examiner published an article last weekend in which it appeared Pacquiao, who is also a congressman in the Philippines, quoted a Bible passage from Leviticus that says gay people ‘must be put to death’.

May 17, 2012
Filipino boxer denies quoting Leviticus

Manny Pacquiao says that he supports gay rights, but opposes gay marriage

Filipino world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has denied quoting a violent anti-gay passage of the Bible and defended his opposition to gay marriage after a backlash.

National Conservative Examiner published an article last weekend in which it appeared Pacquiao, who is also a congressman in the Philippines, quoted a Bible passage from Leviticus that says gay people ‘must be put to death’.

May 16, 2012
Couple arrested for having sex on cruise ship docked in Dominica tell their story

'Many have taken this as an opportunity to attack our character and integrity'

It's been nearly two months since Robert Hart and Dennis Jay Mayer were arrested for having sex aboard a cruise ship that had docked on the Caribbean island of Dominica.

May 16, 2012
Filipino world champion boxer makes violent Bible-based anti-gay comments

Forbes’ 4th most influential world athlete and Filipino politician barred from TV show for homophobic comments

World boxing champion and congressmen in the Philippines’ House of Representatives Manny Pacquiao was barred from an LA TV show after making violent anti-gay comments in a magazine interview.

When a journalist from the National Conservative Examiner asked Pacquiao how he feels about US President Obama’s support of gay marriage, he said:

May 16, 2012
Filipino world champion boxer makes violent Bible-based anti-gay comments

Forbes’ 4th most influential world athlete and Filipino politician barred from TV show for homophobic comments

World boxing champion and congressmen in the Philippines’ House of Representatives Manny Pacquiao was barred from an LA TV show after making violent anti-gay comments in a magazine interview.

When a journalist from the National Conservative Examiner asked Pacquiao how he feels about US President Obama’s support of gay marriage, he said: