Famous Boxer, Manny Pacquiao 'Banned' from Trendy Los Angeles Mall because of His Pro-Family Views

Steve Weatherbe : Mar 24, 2016
LifeSiteNews.com

Pacquiao's popularity with ordinary Filipinos remained unshaken.

(Los Angeles)—World-famous boxer Manny Pacquiao has been banned from a trendy L.A. mall because of his Biblical comments on same-sex "marriage." But at least one legal expert says it's hypocritical to force Christian bakers to make cakes for homosexuals and then ban Christians from public places because their opinion is unpopular. (Photo via LifeSiteNews)

"Manny Pacquiao is no longer welcome," Grove owner Rick Caruso told TMZ. "These are statements of hatred. A lot of people from the gay community come to the Grove and they have a right not to feel uncomfortable."
 
Pacquiao, a world champion in eight weight classes and a two-term member of the Philippines Congress who is seeking a Senate seat in the May elections, was approached a month ago for his views on same-sex "marriage" by a Filipino TV reporter while he was training for his April 9 non-title match against American welterweight Tim Bradley in Las Vegas.
 
"It's common sense," the boxer responded. "Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female? The animals are better. They know how to distinguish male from female. If we approve male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animals."
 
Pacquiao soon apologized for offending LGBT individuals but held his ground on the issue of same-sex "marriage." "I still stand on my belief that I'm against same-sex marriage because of what the Bible says, but I'm not condemning LGBT. I love you all with the love of the Lord," he said in a video.
 
But he then followed up on his Facebook page by citing the passage in Leviticus that states, "If a man has sexual relations with a man... [he is] to be put to death."
 
Nike, the sporting goods giant, withdrew its sponsorship of Pacquiao, and celebrities in the Philippines and the U.S. attacked him, including the fight's promoter, Bob Arum.
 
Pacquiao's popularity with ordinary Filipinos remained unshaken. As one strident critic, JoJo Robies, lamented in print, "The irony of it all is that Pacquiao's anti-gay comments probably aren't going to cost him the Senate seat that he seeks in the May elections. I doubt very much if the Filipino electorate can be swayed enough to deny the champion boxer his heart's desire, no matter how many homosexual groups denounce him for his store-bought Christian fundamentalist views."
 
The furore died down until Pacquiao moved his camp to Los Angeles. This time, promoter Arum stood by him, declaring that Pacquiao is "entitled to say he was against same-sex marriages. That is his...
 
Continue reading here.