"We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty," the network said in a statement Wednesday.
"His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely."
In an interview in the January issue of GQ, Robertson says homosexuality is a sin and puts it in the same category as bestiality and promiscuity.
"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical," he's quoted as saying.
Asked what, in his mind, is sinful, Robertson replied: "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men."
He also made comments regarding race and growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era.
"I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field. ... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' -- not a word!
"Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues," GQ quotes Robertson as saying.
"Duck Dynasty" follows a Louisiana bayou family that has "made a fortune on duck calls," as A&E describes it.
Season 5 of is set to premiere January 15. According to A&E, its fourth season premiere in August drew nearly 12 million viewers to become the No. 1 nonfiction series telecast in cable history.
THIS SUSPENSION IS A RESULT OF THE LEFTEST MENTALITY THAT HAS TAKEN OVER THIS COUNTRY. OUR LEADERS HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR DISSENT. THEY WILL CRUSH YOU. WE SEE THIS IN CHICAGO AND WE SEE IT NATIONWIDE.
THIS SUSPENSION IS A RESULT OF THE LEFTEST MENTALITY THAT HAS TAKEN OVER THIS COUNTRY. OUR LEADERS HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR DISSENT. THEY WILL CRUSH YOU. WE SEE THIS IN CHICAGO AND WE SEE IT NATIONWIDE.
yes he should be suspended.
ReplyDeleteit is not ok to talk about gay people, they are human beings too.
ask our state reps Hurley and Burke as well as Senator Cunningham, they voted for GAY marriage!
it should be banned in the 19th ward as they are standard bearers for Sodimite unions.....
ReplyDeleteits about time somebody spoke up.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned in a prior post - this is where the whole "gay" marriage is headed INTOLERANCE for traditional 2,000 plus years of civilization where homosexuality was looked on as a DISorder. In natural law, male and female are attracted to their OPPOSITES for reproduction. It is not in the NATURE of a male to wish to "MATE" with the same sex. So that is why every (civilized) culture has recognized homosexuality as something outside of NATURAL law. This guy was simply pointing out how as a heterosexual - he could not understand the attraction a homosexual man has for another man's anus. Yes he was a bit crude but we are talking about an act if witnessed by the common (Natural) person - would find it repulsive to view (not to mention the high incidents of disease common to those who partake of this form of sexual gratification. Liberals are tolerant of their own viewpoint ONLY. This is an early skirmish in the war on the family. Liberals love every bizarre lifestyle and point of view and will tolerate just about ANYTHING except Christians and the "Nuclear" ie natural - family.
ReplyDeleteBill Cunningham cried when he heard those hurtful words..
ReplyDeleteReplace the show with the Mt. Greenwood Dynasty.
ReplyDeleteYes we could see some of the political families in their true light. They can show us how they worship their own god - politics. And how they will throw anyone or any cause to stoke the fires burning to their religion.
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