Nike Drops Manny Pacquiao After His Gay Slur
2016.02.18
Manny Pacquiao has been dropped by Nike, who is also one of his biggest sponsors. The reason: he made some extremely homophobic remarks, comparing gay people to animals. His comments were made on TV.
Pacquiao went on to explain that animals were better because they recognized gender differences, and that “if you have male-to-male or female-to-female [relationships], then people are worse than animals.”
I'm sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I've hurt. 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. God Bless you all and I'm praying for you.
Pacquiao's anti-gay comments were made when a Filipino TV network asked political candidates how they feel about gay people:
He said:
“It’s just common sense. Have you seen any animal having male-to-male or female-to-female relations?”Pacquiao went on to explain that animals were better because they recognized gender differences, and that “if you have male-to-male or female-to-female [relationships], then people are worse than animals.”
Nike wasn't having any of this:
And then he apologized:
I'm sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I've hurt. 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. God Bless you all and I'm praying for you.
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