Now that manny accepts gay marriage, is it time to forgive him?

[hectari]

OP where did he accept Gay Marriage? He said he still stands by his beliefs.

[BWC]

I'd say generally speaking around the world religious people do not accept gay marriage. Western European countries are probably most open minded but I'm 100% sure majority of religious people in eastern european countries, Africa countries, Asian countries, South American countries, The caribbean...etc do not accept gay marriage.

I think Pacs's comments are only controversial in Western Europe and America.

Exactly my point. The Catholic church condemns gay marriage. So Manny is simply in line with the tenets of his faith..

[COVID-19]

oh he backed down? what a wuss

Yes, he now has come out and said that he has friends and family who are gay and he fully endorses any life choices they make including marriage.

[Æthelstan]

Manny is entitled to his opinion and there was no need for him to apologize.

[denium]

He should've taken a leaf out of Fury's book.

Apologise for offending people, not for holding the views.

[flem1]

Manny now sees that people of the same gender can become as unhappily married like the rest of civilisation. If people who are gay want to spend the rest of their lives with the title of being married, they should be able to.

Ummm... No, he still stands by what he believes in. He is still against gay marriage.

He just made it loud and clear yesterday. He just apologized for the strong words he used but he is still against gay marriage.

[flem1]

He should've taken a leaf out of Fury's book.

Apologise for offending people, not for holding the views.

That's what he just did. He is still against gay marriage.

He just apologized for his usage of strong words.

[Jsmooth9876]

It's not that simple.

When you say something that more or less sounds like: "gay people has a problem", "gay people is not normal", and so on, you're doing many things:

1) You're hurting gay people. There are millions of gay people around the world, and they just want to live and be free and happy just like straight people want. You can't just go there and hurt people for free and expect no response.
2) You're increasing intolerance worldwide. In middle east and Africa there are countries that kill you if you are gay. Yeah... and a worldwide respected person like Pacquiao with millions followers around the world can't say something that affects people that is being killed just because they have different sexual desires.

And 3) There's no scientific proof at all that backup his claims. Gay people is just people like straight people. They are not doing any harm to our society, they are not doing anything wrong, so who are we to speak against them and try to give them less rights?

Actually being gay is very OK when you THINK about it. Why would it be a problem? but to understand that, you have to THINK, and you have to have some love in your heart. If you enjoy other people suffering, then I understand why you can say something negative about gay people.

And to finish. I support people having opinions. I think it's ok to say what you want, but you have to be careful when you are spreading ignorance like that. It can come back, and you end up regreting. It's like I wake up and say... people from Asia are inferior people. I would be labeled as a racist, I would be criticized, and I think people should be against my words, because I'm attacking asians for no reason and no evidence to back my words up.

I understand...I never said I had an issue with gay people, it's just every time someone says something remotely against what's politically correct there is an uproar...the world has bigger issues then who people like to have sex with..

[Damn Wicked]

Well now that he accepts that gay marriage is ok, it's not really his fault that his religion taught him to be prejudice.

He still doesn't accept gay people. He just apologized to look good again.

I'm a Manny fan but I don't trust that he's all of a sudden a supporter of gays.
I'd bet most boxers are against gaydom. Machismo is part of being a competitive athlete. Machismo is usually anti-****sexual.

Mayweather said anti-gay sentiments before and so have many other athletes.

I have no problem with people being gay but I don't particularly care if an athlete is against it.

[COVID-19]

Manny will at the next gay pride event waving his rainbow flags while chanting "Just Do It".