Manny Pacquiao says he respects Nike's decision to drop him, Boxing brilliant Manny Pacquiao said Thursday that he respects Nike's accommodation to bisect ties with him over his comments about gay relationships but stood pat on his action to same-sex alliance and added he's blessed that "a lot of humans were abashed by the truth."
The American accoutrement behemothic said Wednesday that it will no best accept any business affairs with the Filipino battle champion, abacus that it begin his comments "abhorrent." Nike says it acerb opposes any affectionate of discrimination.
"Whatever accommodation Nike makes is its accommodation and I account that and its advocacy of me now alone involves my clothes for my fight," Pacquiao told reporters during a breach in his training for an April 9 bender with Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas.
"Our arrangement has already concluded abreast from allotment the boxing," he said.
The Bible-quoting Pacquiao, 37, has become an alive Christian in contempo years and has about declared his action to same-sex unions. When he was asked by a bounded TV arrangement as a Senate applicant about his angle on same-sex marriages, Pacquiao came beneath blaze for his blunt reply.
"It's just accepted sense," Pacquiao said in the animadversion acquaint online by the TV5 arrangement beforehand this week. "Have you apparent any beastly accepting male-to-male or female-to-female relations?"
Animals, he said, were bigger because they admit gender differences, and "if you accept male-to-male or female-to-female (relationships), again humans are worse than animals."
Among those who reacted acerb were accepted gay celebrities in the country, some of whom declared they accept absent their applause for him.
Even his American battle apostle Bob Arum has criticized Pacquiao.
"What he's adage is diametrically against to what I believe," said Arum, who is announcement Pacquiao's accessible action with Bradley. "I'm in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage. I'm atoning alone to the gay movement in the United States."
Pacquiao has begin some allies. An action senator, Juan Ponce Enrile, told ABS-CBN TV arrangement that Pacquiao was right, abacus that if LGBT groups would assert on same-sex marriage, "it's bigger for them to go to planet Mars."
Pacquiao, whose rag-to-riches activity adventure and fable as an eight-division battle best accept brought account to his poor Southeast Asian nation and abundance to him, has apologized for affliction people's feelings. He added he did not intend to adjudge gays.
"I am not accusatory the LGBT," Pacquiao said. "What I am accusatory is the act."
"I'm happier because I'm cogent the accuracy ... It's worse if we will adumbrate the truth," he said. I'm happier that a lot of humans were abashed by the truth."
The American accoutrement behemothic said Wednesday that it will no best accept any business affairs with the Filipino battle champion, abacus that it begin his comments "abhorrent." Nike says it acerb opposes any affectionate of discrimination.
"Whatever accommodation Nike makes is its accommodation and I account that and its advocacy of me now alone involves my clothes for my fight," Pacquiao told reporters during a breach in his training for an April 9 bender with Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas.
"Our arrangement has already concluded abreast from allotment the boxing," he said.
The Bible-quoting Pacquiao, 37, has become an alive Christian in contempo years and has about declared his action to same-sex unions. When he was asked by a bounded TV arrangement as a Senate applicant about his angle on same-sex marriages, Pacquiao came beneath blaze for his blunt reply.
"It's just accepted sense," Pacquiao said in the animadversion acquaint online by the TV5 arrangement beforehand this week. "Have you apparent any beastly accepting male-to-male or female-to-female relations?"
Animals, he said, were bigger because they admit gender differences, and "if you accept male-to-male or female-to-female (relationships), again humans are worse than animals."
Among those who reacted acerb were accepted gay celebrities in the country, some of whom declared they accept absent their applause for him.
Even his American battle apostle Bob Arum has criticized Pacquiao.
"What he's adage is diametrically against to what I believe," said Arum, who is announcement Pacquiao's accessible action with Bradley. "I'm in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage. I'm atoning alone to the gay movement in the United States."
Pacquiao has begin some allies. An action senator, Juan Ponce Enrile, told ABS-CBN TV arrangement that Pacquiao was right, abacus that if LGBT groups would assert on same-sex marriage, "it's bigger for them to go to planet Mars."
Pacquiao, whose rag-to-riches activity adventure and fable as an eight-division battle best accept brought account to his poor Southeast Asian nation and abundance to him, has apologized for affliction people's feelings. He added he did not intend to adjudge gays.
"I am not accusatory the LGBT," Pacquiao said. "What I am accusatory is the act."
"I'm happier because I'm cogent the accuracy ... It's worse if we will adumbrate the truth," he said. I'm happier that a lot of humans were abashed by the truth."
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