Pacquiao sorry for gays-animals comparison, stands ground on same-sex unions

I’m sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I’ve hurt. 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. God Bless you all and I’m praying for you.

Posted by Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Filipino boxing icon and senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao has apologized to the public for comparing gays to animals in his stand against same-sex unions.

In a 47-second Facebook video uploaded on Tuesday night, the Sarangani representative said sorry for his statement relegating homosexuals as “worse than animals.”

“Nais ko pong humingi ng paumanhin sa mga nasaktan dahil sa aking pagkumpara sa tao sa hayop. ‘Yun po ay kamalian ako. Ako po ay humingi ng paumanhin sa lahat ng mga nasaktan,” Pacquiao said.

(I’m sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I’ve hurt.)

But Pacquiao said he was firm on his stand against same-sex marriage.

“Hindi po nagbabago ang aking desisyon. Against po ako sa same-sex marriage, at ‘yun po ang paniniwala ko. Ang mali ko lang po ay kinumpara ko ‘yung tao sa hayop. Humihingi po ako ng pumanhin,” Pacquiao said.

(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 am humbling myself before you and before God for my mistake. Thank you and God bless,” he added.

Pacquiao, who is running under Vice President Jejomar Binay’s United Nationalist Allliance, has earned the ire of netizens, celebrities, and the lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender community for his remark. TVJ

source: sports.inquirer.net

#SonyPrayStation: Woman buys PS4, gets Bibles instead

A woman who bought a gaming console for her boyfriend as a Christmas surprise ended up being surprised after he opened the box and found... two Bibles.

A report on CNN said that Sandra Ortiz bought the Sony PlayStation 4 from US retail chain Target for Christmas—but when he opened the box, all he found were copies of the Good Book.

"Inside was not a console, but merely consoling words," said CNET's Chris Matyszczyk, who also wrote about the incident, tongue in cheek.

“I felt embarrassed. I felt like, you know, I just ruined Christmas for him and everybody else,” Ortiz said, though the Target store eventually gave her a PlayStation 4.

Ortiz joked that her boyfriend "didn't want the Bibles unless they were autographed by Jesus himself."

When she went to the store to explain her situation, the store "apparently explained that these things do happen."

When faith isn't enough

"As soon as the guest brought the package back, we immediately apologized for any inconvenience and exchanged it for a new one," Matyszczyk quoted a Target spokesperson as saying.

However, he also pointed out an obvious way to keep such incidents from happening in the first place:

"Just open the box in the store. It really is that simple. Sometimes, you see, faith just isn't enough," Matyszczyk quipped. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com