The following comes from a March 23 LifeSiteNews article by Steve Weatherbe:
World-famous boxer Manny Pacquiao has been banned from a trendy L.A. mall because of his biblical comments on same-sex “marriage.” But at least one legal expert says it’s hypocritical to force Christian bakers to make cakes for homosexuals and then ban Christians from public places because their opinion is unpopular.
“Manny Pacquiao is no longer welcome,” Grove owner Rick Caruso told TMZ. “These are statements of hatred. A lot of people from the gay community come to the Grove and they have a right not to feel uncomfortable.”
Pacquiao, a world champion in eight weight classes and a two-term member of the Philippines Congress who is seeking a Senate seat in the May elections, was approached a month ago for his views on same-sex “marriage” by a Filipino TV reporter while he was training for his April 9 non-title match against American welterweight Tim Bradley in Las Vegas.
“It’s common sense,” the boxer responded. “Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female? The animals are better. They know how to distinguish male from female. If we approve male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animals.”
Pacquiao soon apologized for offending LGBT individuals but held his ground on the issue of same-sex “marriage.” “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,” he said in a video.
But he then followed up on his Facebook page by citing the passage in Leviticus that states, “If a man has sexual relations with a man … [he is] to be put to death.”
Nike, the sporting goods giant, withdrew its sponsorship of Pacquiao, and celebrities in the Philippines and the U.S. attacked him, including the fight’s promoter, Bob Arum.
The furore died down until Pacquiao moved his camp to Los Angeles. This time, promoter Arum stood by him, declaring that Pacquiao is “entitled to say he was against same-sex marriages. That is his religious belief and, while people may disagree with it, he is entitled to say it.”
Caruso, a developer and philanthropist who was raised Catholic and recently donated $7.5 million to build a new Catholic church on the campus of the University of South California, apparently disagrees. After Pacquiao took a break from training and took in a movie at the Grove along with his sizeable entourage, Caruso issued his disinvitation.
“Two areas of law are colliding here,” John Mauck of the firm Mauck & Baker told LifeSiteNews. The traditional right of a property owner to choose with whom he does business is being eroded by the right of the minorities to use public facilities along with the majority.
“This area of law was developed to ensure African-Americans could not be discriminated against by restaurants and hotels,” said Mauck. “If you are open to the public, you have got to be open to all […] There’s really a bit of hypocrisy here. If Christians can’t refuse to serve gays, then he shouldn’t be able to refuse to serve Christians.”
I bet Michael McDermott will have some good comments on this one! All people should be accepted and welcomed by all of us, no matter what their opinions might be. It is illegal, to “ban” someone from a place, just over a disagreement of religious beliefs! However, I think the Biblical quote from Leviticus, is as bad as the radical Islamic beliefs, if this quote is true! God forgives all sin, and He is there to forgive us, if we say we are sorry, and repent, and change our lives! God is Love! And He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die on a Cross, for our sins!
I think all of the churches have neglected their moral and religious duty, in standing up for and supporting true Christianity, in America! Also, the medical people have likewise neglected their duty, to establish accurate medical descriptions, diagnoses, and guidelines, for those with same-sex attractions, or those who reject the sex they were born as– this is not normal! Acts of sex perversion also should all be illegal. And children, especially, must be protected from all possible harm! Individuals should never have to be forced to stand up for Christian Faith and Morals, against the whole world! This should already be well-established, in a respectable, responsible, morally-decent society!
It seems quite silly and probably illegal to prohibit paquiao from a mall. It’s a public accommodation and a person should not have to undergo any kind of purity test to be able to buy a sweater, a cake, or an Orange Julius.
Where are other celebrities, maybe because there are so few ? This is what can happen when the truth is said. Hate the sin and not the sinner but, for those who continue on with a perverted life style, you’re still perverted and you need to stop. As for Abortion, to kill a baby in its most Sacred place, inside the mothers womb ? unthinkable to do such a thing.
What a bunch of Bunk.
There is no correlation with Inherited / Immutable Scientifically Provable Facts – whether about Race or Gender (only 2 – XX & XY) – and the CHOICE to Act Out the rainbow of sick Misandrist Hatreds and Vile Harmful Pathological BEHAVIORS is not one that is Inherited.
This is just PC Thought Policing to scare others in to Mandatory Pandering, or face the consequences of Gaystapo ‘Tolerance’.
SEE
NOT BORN THIS WAY https://savecalifornia.com/not-born-this-way.html
Not being born “gay” means this is not a “civil rights” issue.
People inherit unchangeable characteristics like their race and ethnicity, but homosexuality is not inherited. Science and biology confirm this, and thousands of former “gays…
Please see my comment above that I think the boxer/politician shouldn’t be banned from a mall. Silly policy, probably illegal. Everyone should be able to buy a sweater, a cake, or an Orange Julius, regardless of their sexual orientation or their opinions.
But to say that “homosexuality is not inherited” is equally silly. In fact, we don’t know what causes homosexuality. There is indeed much evidence, though inconclusive, that it has a genetic component. Even the Catholic Church, in the Catechism, says as much.
“There is indeed much evidence, though inconclusive, that it has a genetic component.” Oh really? There was a gay propagandist I had to read about in seminary who posited a genetic link, but his “research” has been subsequently discredited.
Since the humangenome sequence has been mapped, feel free to tell us which is the “gay gene.”
In the meantime I will continue preparations for the Easter Vigil.
Yes, Father, there is a lot of evidence. See for example this article:
https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=D34D7AA2F345FFDC2B7DF9930F642DE8.journals?aid=9625997&fileId=S0033291714002451
time for the diocese in south carolina to return 7.5 million to caruso.
Studies showing that Genetically Identical Twins – Chose to act out Different Behaviors, shows that there is No Inherited ‘happy gene’ – and indeed as author Tammy Bruce said in her book “The Death of Right & Wrong”
“Almost without exception, the gay men I know (and that’s too many to count) have a story of some kind of sexual trauma or abuse in their childhood – molestation by a parent or an authority figure, or seduction as an adolescent at the hands of an adult.
The other reason actually discussed in the community is that, because of the Aids crisis and the emergence of drug resistant strains of contagions like herpes and gonorrhea, gay men are compelled to seek new, untouched young men.”
The gay community must face the…
The gay community must face the truth and see sexual molestation of an adolescent for the abuse it is, instead of the ‘coming of age’ experience many regard it as being.”
Tammy Bruce – ‘The Death of Right & Wrong’
As regards the Biblical quote from Leviticus – that is indeed Old Testament.
Questions as to whether the Death is of the physical body or the Spirit remain about this passage, but the New Testament is pretty clear that it is Souls in Danger.
The story of “Who is without Sin cast the first stone” – Ends with Jesus Admonishing the Woman Not to Sin, which in Christian teaching is more important than harm to the physical body – which unlike the Soul is transient.
Manny is no longer a Roman Catholic he left the TRUE Church for Protestantism.
So, if I go to the mall and “feel uncomfortable” seeing two homosexuals acting out, can my rights NOT to be exposed to such behavior can I get an apology? To me, it’s like having a person expose themselves or dress immodestly. Perhaps it is their (LGBT) innate conscience that bothers them, KNOWING that what they are doing is wrong by nature and sinful before God. I not throwing the first stone, but Christians must take a stand and keep resisting this type of pressure to accept what is evil, through prayer and charity.
Well Grove mall I’ll no longer visit and shop your mall.