菲律宾拳王帕奎奥因反同性恋言论而遭耐克解约

Manny Pacquiao says that he respects Nike's decision to sever ties with him over his comments about gay relationships but remains opposed to same-sex marriage and added he's happy that "a lot of people were alarmed by the truth".

菲律宾拳王曼尼·帕奎奥近日表示，他理解耐克公司因自己抨击同性恋的言论而选择解约这一决定，但是自己仍对同性婚姻持反对态度。帕奎奥还说，看到"真话令许多人震惊"，他感到很欣慰。

Nike said on Wednesday that it will no longer have any business dealings with the former Filipino world champion, adding that it found his comments "abhorrent." Nike says it strongly opposes any kind of discrimination.

本周三，耐克宣布终止了和这位菲律宾前世界冠军所有的商业合作，并认为帕奎奥的言论"令人无法忍受"。耐克公司表示，该公司强烈反对任何形式的歧视。

"Whatever decision Nike makes is its decision and I respect that and its sponsorship of me now only involves my clothes for my fight," Pacquiao told reporters on Thursday. "Our contract has already ended aside from sponsoring the boxing."

帕奎奥本周四告诉记者："无论耐克公司做出什么决定，我都表示尊重。现在耐克只赞助我的比赛服。除了拳击方面的赞助，我和耐克的合同已经终止了。"

Pacquiao is an evangelical Christian and has publicly declared his opposition to same-sex unions. "It's just common sense," Pacquiao said in an interview earlier this week. "Have you seen any animal having male-to-male or female-to-female relations?" Animals, he said, were better because they recognize gender differences, and "if you have male-to-male or female-to-female, then people are worse than animals."

帕奎奥是一名基督教福音派的信徒，此前曾公开抨击同性恋群体。"这是常识"，帕奎奥本周早些时候接受采访时说"你可曾见过两只雄性动物，或者两只雌性动物互相交配？"。帕奎奥表示，动物甚至做得更好，因为它们能分得清同性异性。"如果两个男人之间，或者两个女人发生了关系，那可真是禽兽不如。"

Among those who reacted strongly were popular gay celebrities in the Philippines some of whom declared they have lost their respect for the fighter.

这一言行在菲律宾的同性恋名人中产生了激烈的反应，一些女性宣称将不再尊重帕奎奥。

Even his American boxing promoter Bob Arum has criticized Pacquiao. "What he's saying is diametrically opposed to what I believe," said Arum, who is promoting Pacquiao's upcoming fight with Timothy Bradley. "I'm in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage. I'm apologetic personally to the gay movement in the United States."

帕奎奥的美国赛事推广人鲍勃·阿鲁姆正在运作帕奎奥下一场和蒂莫西·布拉德利的比赛。阿鲁姆在闻讯后也批评了帕奎奥。"帕奎奥的言论完全违背了我的信仰。我支持人们选择同性恋的权力和同性婚姻。我以个人名义向美国的同性恋运动表达歉意。"

Pacquiao added he did not intend to condemn gay people. "I am not condemning the LGBT," Pacquiao said. "What I am condemning is the act. I'm happier because I'm telling the truth. It's worse if we will hide the truth," he said. I'm happier that a lot of people were alarmed by the truth."

帕奎奥后来补充说道，自己的本意并非谴责同性恋群体。"我谴责的不是同性恋群体，而是同性恋爱的行为。我很欣慰自己讲了真话，一味掩盖事实只会令事情越来越糟。更令我欣慰的是，我讲的真话触动了许多人。"