>> MANNY PACQUIAO IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
HE WAS ASKED WHAT HIS CURRENT VIEWS ARE ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
BACK IN 2012 HE APOLOGIZED AFTER HE HAD SOME CHOICE WORDS
FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY.
HE'S DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND DOESN'T BELIEVE IN EQUALITY
FOR GAY INDIVIDUALS.
HIS RECENT STATEMENTS WERE NOT NICE EITHER.
HE SAID THE FOLLOWING.
>> LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW FUNDAMENTALLY STUPID MANNY
PACQUIAO IS.
DON'T GET ME WRONG WE ARE FILLED TO THE ROOM WITH IDIOTS IN
THE U.S. SENATE.
OF COURSE THERE ARE MALE TO MALE AND FEMALE TO FEMALE
RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
YOU SHMUCK.
AT LEAST GOOGLE IT BEFORE
YOU SAY IT.
CHIMPANZEES HAVE SEX WITH EACH OTHER TO NO END.
PENGUINS HAVE MORE MALE TO MALE SEX THAN HUMANS DO.
THAT IS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLY IGNORANT STATEMENT.
ARE THERE NO REPORTERS IN THE WORLD?
YOU HAVE MANNY PACQUIAO SAYING THIS IN A PRESS CONFERENCE
ñ DO YOU THINK THE PENGUINS ARE GOING TO HELL?
GET HIM TO SAY YES.
>> LOOK, I DON'T LIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES, I JUST KNOW
WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
IT IS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE NOT MOVED AS FAR FORWARD AS THE U.S.
HAS WHEN IT COMES TO GAY RIGHTS.
WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO GAY RIGHTS.
I THINK THIS KIND OF SPEECH IS KIND OF STARTING TO GET
REJECTED, WHICH IS GOOD.
MANNY PACQUIAO HAD TO APOLOGIZE AFTER HE SAID THIS WHICH IS
GOOD.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS THIS ANTI-GAY MENTALITY AMONG A
LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES RIGHT NOW.
>> AS ANYBODY WHO WATCHES, I AM VERY ADAMANT THAT YOU DON'T
HOLD EVERYBODY IN A RELIGION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BELIEFS
OF FUNDAMENTALISTS IN THE RELIGION.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A CULTURE WAR GOING ON.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR OVER A DECADE.
I AGREE WITH BILL O'REILLY ON THIS.
GENERALLY, IN THE LONG RUN WE WILL WIN.
WHEN I SAY WE, I SAY THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF REASON AND
SCIENCE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I AM GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE OF
EACH OF THOSE RELIGIONS TO TAKE YOUR RELIGION BACK IF YOU
BELIEVE THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION.
THAT APPLIES TO MUSLIMS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY MUSLIM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME
IDIOT JIHADIST.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE JIHADIST.
BUT SAY ISLAM STANDS FOR SCIENCE AND WE LEAD IN SCIENCE FOR
1000 YEARS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.
I DON'T CARE WHICH SIDE IS MORE CORRECT IN THEIR
INTERPRETATION OF THE QURAN.
IF YOU THINK THAT IT IS THE MORE RELIGIOUS THING TO DO, TO
BE MORE HATEFUL, HOW DO YOU EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO LIKE
YOUR RELIGION.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR RELIGION?
ALL RELIGIONS ARE GUILTY OF THIS.
HE HAPPENS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, HE IS CATHOLIC.
SO, WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF CATHOLICISM IF YOU TELL ME
BEING MORE CATHOLIC MEANS I HATE GAY PEOPLE MORE.
WELL, THEN THAT MEANS YOUR RELIGION IS MORE HATEFUL.
IF YOU ARE A GOOD CATHOLIC AND YOU BELIEVE IN A POSITIVE
INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE, THEN HAVE THAT FIGHT WITH
MANNY PACQUIAO, NOT IN THE RING.
AND SAY THAT JESUS BROUGHT LOVE AND TO THE WORLD.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE SAME BUT
THAT JUNK BEHIND.
MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND WHEN IT.
ENGAGE IN THAT CULTURAL WAR.
>> IRONICALLY ENOUGH THE POPE HAS BEEN MAKING THAT ARGUMENT.
SHE SAYS WHY DON'T WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS AWAY FROM HATING GAY
PEOPLE AND HELPING THE POOR.
RELIGION IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INTERPRETED LITERALLY.
>> CATHOLICS DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO MANNY PACQUIAO.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE INTERROGATED.
BUT THERE IS A BATTLE OF IDEAS AND YOU SHOULD BE ON THE
SIDE OF REASON AND LOGIC AND DECENCY.
EVEN IF YOU THINK I AM DEEPLY RELIGIOUS AND I CARE MORE
ABOUT FAITH THAN I DO IN FACT AND SCIENCE, THEN THERE IS
VALUE IN FAITH.
SO PRESENT ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN THE WORLD
RATHER THAN THE HATRED.