Tag: same sex marriage

Why Jessica Zafra fails in her crude attempt to defend ‘LGBT rights’

February 22, 2016February 23, 2016 benign0 54 Comments

Jessica Zafra, in her recent Interaksyon.com article Shut the f-ck up, idiots fails to elevate the debate. Sure, perhaps she might feel she is surrounded by idiots who hold supposedly bigoted views about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. However Zafra loses, because she had launched herself into an amusing tililing rampage against…

Lifestyle, Media, Society

Has the same sex marriage proposition pushed gay rights activism too far?

February 21, 2016 Add 33 Comments

Well, you can dress ’em up, but you can’t take them anywhere. On one side of the ongoing polemics is one who has the “urge for power”. He wants to be a Senator. At the same time, he is an internationally famous boxing champ, a Born Again minister, a PBA playing coach, a TV show…

Civics, Religion, Science, Society

The rock we keep smashing our heads with

February 19, 2016 rsurtida 9 Comments

So much for “Pinoy Pride”. The real surprise was that a lot of people were actually caught off-guard and were taken aback by what Manny Pacquiao said. You’d think people expected some suave, smooth-talking sophisto who can weasel himself out of a relatively difficult question on national TV. He may be a good boxer, but…

Culture, Media, Religion, Society

The Local Media And Bobotantes Are ‘Worse Than Animals’ For Dooming Our Nation

February 19, 2016 Grimwald 22 Comments

Well, there goes the neighborhood ladies and gentlemen. It seems that everyone is having a heyday over Manny Pacquiao’s recent comments about his stance on same-sex marriage and his apparent insult towards the LGBT community by comparing them to animals and implying that they may well be worse. The LGBT community reacted accordingly and as one can…

Culture, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Why Manny Pacquiao is better than Donald Trump

February 18, 2016 Kate Natividad 58 Comments

Why do Filipino Catholics live in sin? That’s a serious question. We all do, right? Most people I know go to mass every Sunday, say grace before meals, make the sign of the cross when they feel fearful or thankful, and, generally, regard themselves as Catholics. But here is what benign0 said in a recent…

Culture, Politics, Religion

Why Manny Pacquiao can still win an election despite his homophobic slur

February 18, 2016February 19, 2016 FallenAngel 12 Comments

Manny Pacquiao is in an unenviable position right now. He has just faced all sorts of backlash in response to his statement that “homosexuals are worse than animals.” Nike has recently dropped their contract with him. His Senate run seems in peril. To the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community in the Philippines, all seems…

Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

‘Pinoy Pride’ loses a key pillar as Manny Pacquiao crashes and burns

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 benign0 8 Comments

For years I’ve seen friends celebrate Manny Pacquiao on social media as a ‘hero’ of ‘Pinoy Pride’. They cheer his every victory and lament his every loss on the ring in ‘solidarity’ with the nation he has been thrust into symbolising. That was Pacquiao, the boxing champ. What about Pacquiao the congressman? That question evidently…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics

Homosexuality is normal just like Manny Pacquiao’s homophobia is normal

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Ilda 43 Comments

If you were a straight person, meaning not gay or a lesbian, can you imagine yourself choosing a homosexual lifestyle? The answer is no, you can’t. I know it for a fact because I am straight and I have no choice but to live a heterosexual lifestyle. I’m lucky to be a heterosexual because homosexuals…

Culture, Lifestyle, Society