So Pacquiao in a spot of bother..states he "disagrees" with same sex marriage..

[Leighton]

Do we really care what a boxer thinks about this? Seriously? Lets talk about boxing here.

As a former forum gay, I feel I need to defend these issues. It should be Bilbo's job as the reigning gay, but he ran away and seeing as he would likely defend Pacquiao, I should put forth my 2012 campaign in uncompromising terms.

I kinda understrand how u feel mr Gandalf. Even though I am not gay I am and for most of my life been a fat dude. But I find myself going the opposite direction when it comes to friends. The last thing I would want is my friends tiptoeing around me trying to avoid words that would offend me. I love the banter we have between each other. Some are gay, black, fat etc and we poke fun at one another even though we dont find anything wrong with one another its just steriotype jokes.
The problem with what Pac done is he came out and opposed it seriosly in puplic. When you are famous you have a certain influence on people and you can end up pushing your views on them just because they idolise you so much.
If someone I didnt know came out and said in public they dissagreed with fat people and said they were discusting then I would probably take offence. But not that much. Hearing it all my life it kinda dont bother me any more. But I dont think other people who do not want to put up with it should have to.

[arcanum26]

Do we really care what a boxer thinks about this? Seriously? Lets talk about boxing here.

As a former forum gay, I feel I need to defend these issues. It should be Bilbo's job as the reigning gay, but he ran away and seeing as he would likely defend Pacquiao, I should put forth my 2012 campaign in uncompromising terms.

I kinda understrand how u feel mr Gandalf. Even though I am not gay I am and for most of my life been a fat dude. But I find myself going the opposite direction when it comes to friends. The last thing I would want is my friends tiptoeing around me trying to avoid words that would offend me. I love the banter we have between each other. Some are gay, black, fat etc and we poke fun at one another even though we dont find anything wrong with one another its just steriotype jokes.
The problem with what Pac done is he came out and opposed it seriosly in puplic. When you are famous you have a certain influence on people and you can end up pushing your views on them just because they idolise you so much.
If someone I didnt know came out and said in public they dissagreed with fat people and said they were discusting then I would probably take offence. But not that much. Hearing it all my life it kinda dont bother me any more. But I dont think other people who do not want to put up with it should have to.

I don't agree with your statement that he came out and opposed it seriously in public. He was asked a question and Pacquiao being the bumbling religious zealot that he is, answered it honestly and straight to the point. He was against it because it's not in line with his religion. That's it. He never went on a rant about how disgusting gays are nor tried to influence others and sway them to his own views. If he is the homophobic, hate mongering person that the gay community and their supporters seem to be implying, then they should rightfully castigate Manny. However, there doesn't seem to be any evidence that would support this case other than Pac voicing his disapproval of other people's beliefs. All of us disapprove of many things be they social/political/religious issues. All of us. It's perfectly fine and normal. What's not fine is when you become a walking talking intolerant hate machine. Has Pac exhibited such a behavior? I rest my case.

[imp]

For once im on pacs side and not mayweathers.
God made adam and eve..not adam and steve.
You cant compare homosexuality with culture or skin colour. Pac might not have directly attacked gays but i respect his views and agree with his stance.

[Althugz]

Haha I guess one of my friends was right - he always said "never discuss 2 things if you dont want things to get heated..Politics and religion"

I guess I broke two of his rules together. While it's not heated, every single one of us has a strong stance.

[Gandalf]

I would just like to point out that I am not a homosexual and that the forum gay contest is just a bit of banter between men who like boxing. I was having a laugh in the previous post about forum gays.

All I really see is ignorance. 'God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve'. So the automatic ignorant and arrogant notion that God is mans creator and created man in his own image and gave women tits and chopped off the willy. It has no credence nor foundation in scientific theory. It is a silly attitude towards life.

The issue of colour is also a perfectly valid one. Attitudes changes and can do so very quickly. Just 50 years ago to commit a homosexual act was a crime and now the issue of gay marriage is circling around the agenda. Social change is bigger than the Bible and so it should be. Society is a functioning evolving form whilst the Bible is a silly old book written by men who couldn't separate fact from fantasy.

It says a lot when so many still use it as their very own self help manual.