sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I've hurt. God Bless!
Manny Pacquiao has apologised after telling a Filipino broadcaster that gay couples are ‘worse than animals.’
The ten-time world boxing champion and congressman, who is running for a senate seat in the Philippines, prompted a backlash when he made a number of homophobic comments in an interview with TV5.
He told the broadcaster: ‘Do you see animals mating with the same sex? ‘If men mate with men and women mate with women they are worse than animals.’
He was called ‘ignorant’ and ‘bigoted’.
One Filipina celebrity said he had ‘showed why we shouldn’t vote for you.’
Pacquiao has now apologised.
‘I’m sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals,’ he said.
‘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.
‘Please forgive me for those I’ve hurt. God Bless!’
Pacquiao is a congressman of Sarangani province. His wife Jinkee is a vice governor.
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