Posted on 05/17/2012 12:31:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in on the same-sex marriage debate recently, opposing rival fighter Manny Pacquiao's views on the traditional definition of marriage.
Mayweather, undefeated 35-year-old fighter who won the WBA (Super) Light Middleweight Championship belt earlier this month, stood behind President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage.
"I stand behind President Obama and support gay marriage," Mayweather tweeted Wednesday. "I'm an American citizen and I believe people should live their life the way they want."
The tweet came days after Pacquiao, 33-year-old Christian Filipino boxer and congressman, reportedly disagreed with Obama's support of redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. In an interview with the National Conservative Examiner while training in Los Angeles, Calif., Pacquiao spoke about the need for society to put "God's words first."
While the 33-year-old boxer said he respected Obama, he told the Examiner that the president should read the Bible, or "manual of life," to better society.
"God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other," Pacquiao said. "It should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah of Old."
Fans of the two boxers, who have avoided facing one another in the ring for years, reacted to their opposing views. One fan took to Twitter to question when they would finally face one another.
"So Manny Pacquiao came out as anti-gay marriage and Floyd Mayweather is pro-gay marriage," one fan wrote. "Can you guys fight yet?"
However, others recognized Mayweather as someone they did not expect to support the homosexual marriage movement.
"Three marriage equality supporters no one saw coming, 1) Jay-Z 2) Will Smith, 3) Floyd Mayweather," the person tweeted.
The debate on same-sex marriage took a turn when Obama publicly expressed his views on the issue last week. Obama explained his reasoning for supporting a redefinition of marriage, using the "Golden Rule" of loving one's neighbor as justification for ignoring other verses condemning homosexuality in the Bible.
"Do unto others as you would have them do to you," the president said in an ABC News interview. "At a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
However, the Rev. Joel Hunter of the 15,000-member Northland Church, who is often referred to as Obama's spiritual adviser, has said he is disappointed with the president's use of the "Golden Rule" to explain his endorsement of gay marriage.
"The Golden Rule is in the Bible but it cannot be used to contradict God's marriage pattern reaffirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19:4-5," Hunter shared in an interview with The Christian Post. "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and the two shall become one flesh?'"
Oh, yuck...
So Floyd says:
Manny wins, gay marriage is wrong.
I win, gay marriage is right.
Floyd has been using all kinds of tactics to get Manny to fight him. I think Manny just wants him to prove that Floyd is not on steroids. Then the fight is on.
Oh, please... if Brutha #1 had reaffirmed a belief in traditional marriage, they'd have supported that, instead. They just want what Obama wants.
The biggest chicken in boxing backs gay marriage.. lol
Manny would clean his clock.
Is Mayweather a homosexual?
I’m sorry but I think if you were to check Mayweather has been ducking Pacquiao not the other way around.
Who asked Floyd maywether, jr.?
Now I really want to see many kick his ass.
They are both making excuses why they won’t fight.
Money, drug testing, etc.
It’s sad. Would be a great fight.
I think Floyd would win by decision. He’s virtually unbeatable.
But I would be rooting for Manny.
“’Three marriage equality supporters no one saw coming, 1) Jay-Z 2) Will Smith, 3) Floyd Mayweather,’ the person tweeted.”
What idiot tweeted that? Newsflash, black people generally are Democrats. Obama is a Democrat, and also black. Therefore, it shouldn’t be very surprising that various people support Obama’s policies.
That being said, why the hell am I reading news stories about tweets? Tweets are not news! They make what Daniel J. Boorstin in his classic “The Image” called psuedo-events seem quaint. They are psuedo-psuedo events. Shut up and report on something real.
Oh, and to Manny/Floyd, shut up and fight!
Isn’t his nickname “pretty-boy”?
Go Manny Pac go. I pray for the spirit of Samson to infuse into MP when he fights that heathen. Just watch out for women named Delilah and by all means don’t let her cut your hair Manny boy.
Everyone in Boxing knows about Floyd too! He's been ducking 'Manny' for seven long years. First, he wasn't getting enough prize money. Next, it was not enough cable revenue. Last I heard, Floyd got 55% of the purse, Pee-Pee View TV and the live gate!
Floyd still turned it all down, because now he says he wants to retire undefeated. So, apparently there's no amount of money that will get Floyd in front of Manny! You can't make yellow stand and fight. Unless Floyd's got his Glock, which he carries around to protect himself and his four bodyguards. I'm not kidding you one little bit!
per my post
Manny would clean his glock.
Already getting behind people?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.