In an interview with Martinez spoke against the Puerto Rican singer and the father of two children. "Personally, I admire Ricky for the talent that God has been awarded, but, please, for the sake of love for children, for the sake of those who are not indifferent to him, he needs to try to show a good example for young people, to show the other values of life, except sex."
He added that the Roman Catholic Church "does not reject homosexuals, but their immoral actions and behavior, as well as attempts to campaign homosexuality or sexual malfunction among young people, is truly immoral regardless of which it comes from."
Pedro Hulio's GEEV Rights Activist Serrano criticized Cardinal for such applications. "Homophobia under the guise of religion and under the pretext of freedom of speech is still homophobia, she kills. One desire is enough to impose a moral vision of sexuality. Sexual orientation is a congenital human sign, it cannot be changed, it is not just a behavior, it is not a disease, it is not a synonym for promissory, according to Cardinal Aponta Martinez. "