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Manny Pacquiao Has A Problem With Obama’s Stance On Same Sex Marriage

Found May 14, 2012 on With Leather: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Manny Pacquiao,  Lady Gaga,  Barack Obama,  Kate Upton
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"I was thinking maybe after this we get some coffee and listen to Lady GaGa." Being a sports-minded guy, I found myself wondering how long it would be before a professional athlete had a problem with President Barack Obama’s recent declaration that he believes same sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples when it comes to that whole getting married thing. The answer was 2 whole days. For the past year, boxer and Filipino congressman Manny Pacquiao has been studying and practicing the lessons of the Bible as the result of a dream in which he claims he was visited by God. On Friday, in response to Obama’s comments, Pacquiao took a break from training for his upcoming fight against some guy who still isn’t Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to cast people to hell. In his statement on Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage, Pacquiao said, he calls on societies to fear God and not to promote sin. He quoted Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lies with a man as one lies with ...
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