Nike: End Sponsorship of Homophobic Boxer Manny Pacquiao
PETITION CLOSED/SUSPENDED: UPDATE 5/16/17 (11am)
The author (Granville Ampong) of the original article that created this Pacquiao uproar has now written a new article stating that the boxer never actually said that gays should be “put to death” - that is, the author’s writing was woefully misleading! See the article below which reports on the mess that the original author caused:
Pacquiao Interviewer: Boxer Didn’t Say Gays Must Be Put To Death, I Wrote That
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NIKE: SAY NO to HATE SPEECH
Boxer Manny Pacquiao (based in LA) has been sponsored by Nike for a number of years. In 2012 Forbes named him the 4th most influential sports star in the world. Following Obama’s recent announcement of support for marriage equality, Pacquiao quoted bible excerpts to state that homosexuals should be put to death:
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Nike is a multi-billion dollar industry and LGBT people contribute billions to this company. It is completely unacceptable that such a high-profile company should be sponsoring a boxer who is encouraging violence towards LGBT people. Tell Nike to drop its sponsorship!
SOURCES
“Interview: Pacquiao rejects Obama’s new twist on the Scriptures”
“Manny Pacquiao Says Gay Men Should Be ‘Put to Death’”
“Manny Pacquiao Challenges Obama on Same-Sex Marriage”
“Nike-Sponsored Bible-Quoting Top Boxer Slams Obama: ‘Gays Must Be Put To Death’”
Source: itgetsbetterph
It’s easier for a 14 year old girl to keep her baby than it is for them to keep theirs. Let’s just dwell on this for a second.
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Source: julyanxavier
I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.
Source: gaywrites
I will reblog this every time I see it.
no fucking excuses for this shit
America, this is unacceptable. Get your act together, get with the times, and LEGALIZE this shit.
Forever reblog. This needs to be changed.
I will never not reblog this.
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Using God’s name to go against gay people is as bad as setting the bible on fire. If He said to “love one another as He loved you”, then what are you doing? God would never hate on his own creation.
