[EagleUSA]

The homos need something to put their perversion IN YOUR FACE -— they know you do not agree with their “lifestyle” so they must cram it down your throat with the full support of the leftist propaganda machine.

Just more of the same.

[Hugin]

Exactly. Phil’s suspension may not be a violation of his free speech rights, but it is religious discrimination. Which is illegal. But for liberals, just as only whites can be guilty of racism, only Christians can be religious bigots.

[MortMan]

This actually *is* about free speech.

Yes, A&E has the right to suspend Phil Robertson.

Just as WE have the right to tell A&E (and the rest of the world) that we aren’t putting up with it any more.

To pretend that this is about Robertson’s words to a magazine any more is to whistle past the graveyard. GLAAD attacked a normal, christian, religious point of view. A&E reacted to less than 5 percent of the population being angry by suspending him.

Then a large swath of the population got ticked off, and have taken it on themselves to speak out LOUDLY in favor of the religious viewpoint.

What is really interesting to me is that Robertson was suspended over his personal religious views - which is itself a violation of civil rights laws!

[Travis McGee]

[2ndDivisionVet]

It is against the law to discriminate against someone due to their religious beliefs.
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the bases of race and color, as well as national origin, sex, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.

[SuziQ]

Phil Robertson has the right to make whatever homophobic or racist comments he wants without fear of going to prison for it, however he does not have the right to have his own TV show, or to say what he wants without negative reactions from his employer or people in the community.

So he can be bullied by people who claim they cannot be 'free' without punishing those who would bully them. GLAAD and their ilk are going to find themselves without many straight allies if they keep up this incessant Mau-Mauing of straight people who simply have a difference of opinion, and dare to express it. Phil Robertson has no power to hurt any homosexual person, or cause any damage to their jobs or livelihoods. It is the homosexual activists who are doing THAT to Phil.