Boxing star and Philippine Senate candidate Manny Pacquiao apologized Tuesday after coming under heavy fire for denouncing people in gay relationships as “worse than animals”. Though he apologized for comparing them to animals, he stood by his opposition to 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.
Pacquiao took to social media to apologize. He said he was not condemning anyone but was just expounding on a biblical truth and would rather obey God than obey “the desires of the flesh.”
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