- Filipino champion boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. expressed concerns that Pacquiao’s message might possibly incite violence towards LGBT
- Pacquiao quoted a Bible verse in a deleted Instagram post that gays should be “put to death.”
- Donaire also called for compassion and love, and added that Pacquiao’s message was probably “communicated improperly.”
MANILA, Philippines – In line with the controversies following Manny Pacquiao’s statement on same-sex marriage, fellow Filipino champion boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. expressed concerns that Pacquiao’s message might possibly incite violence towards LGBT.
Pacquiao is receiving flak after his controversial “worse than animals” comment on homosexual relations. The boxing icon later apologized for his statement and clarified that he is not condemning the LGBT community, but rather, only “telling the truth of what the Bible says.”
“If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads,” Pacquiao said in a deleted Instagram post, quoting a Bible verse.
Marisse Panaligan mentioned in her article for GMA News published on February 19 that Donaire, a fellow devoted Christian, was concerned that some people may take the message literally and react with violence.
“Crazy people may use it as an encouragement to do so just like how others say rap music made them violent or how Islam extremists kill in the name of their Holy war like Sept 11th,” he added.
An article by Rappler published on February 19 said Donaire is worried that he also called for compassion and love, and added that Pacquiao’s message was probably “communicated improperly.”
Donaire, while answering a Facebook user, said that Christians should adhere to the New Testament, which he called the “Jesus Christ law.”
“If you bind yourself to the Old Testament you are saying Christ died for nothing. We are to use it for learning but not law,” he said.
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