Boxer Manny Pacquiao Banned From L.A. Mall After Anti-Gay Remarks
May 16 2012, Published 3:00 p.m. ET
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao has been banned from The Grove, a posh outdoor shopping mall in Los Angeles, and that’s a problem since he was scheduled to tape an interview Wednesday afternoon with the syndicated show Extra, which shoots there with host Mario Lopez.
The ban comes after the popular boxer -- a devout Catholic and a Congressman in his homeland of the Philippines -- made inflammatory comments against same sex marriage in wake of President Obama’s support of marriage equality.
In a recent interview, Pacquiao -- the first-ever to win titles in eight different weight classes -- told the National Conservative Examiner that he doesn't agree with Obama. He then cited Leviticus 20:13, telling the publication that "if a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable