Posted on 12/18/2013 8:09:52 PM PST by RoosterRedux
"Duck Dynasty" dad Phil Robertson has been placed on indefinite suspension by the A&E Network following his recent comments on homosexuality, the network announced Wednesday night.
"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.
"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."
Earlier Wednesday, Roberston had responded to critics who had slammed him for very graphic statements he made about his preference for heterosexual sex over homosexual sex.
“I myself am a product of the 60s; I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior,” he said in a statement sent to FOX411.
“My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together.
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Conservatives should really get a site and start making their own shows. Might be cheesy at first but if it caught on the quality and quantity would improve.
Freerepublic.tv?
Wonder why Drudge gives this story a big splash?
I’m with that idea 100%.
Oh noes...what if non-believers believed in Jesus?
I would love to find a run down trailer house and do a show about a group of leftist idiots living there, working as professional protesters for leftist orgs and all that. It could be very funny.
“Oh noes...what if non-believers believed in Jesus?”
Know what? I’ve never seen the show but I can just tell by looking pictures of the guy that he is the kind that is just the type that is not “down” (as you young people say) with butt sex or people who do that kind of activity.
This may be the incident that breaks the back of political correctness. The backlash will be huge. Political correctness is stifling free speech and debate in this country. If this man can be penalized for such comments and his own opinions free speech is in grave danger. True the A&E network is not the government but its actions are chilling and wrong
Rhetorical question?
You don’t think that a Cable Network reacting this way isn’t news?
Check out the comment sections of any article on any website about this.
A & E blew this, bigtime
Do you have a linky to their comments?
Yeah.
So—who disagrees with him?
I mean, REALLY disagrees?
Didn’t think so.
I meant the reader comments.
The first comment on the first article I saw on this was 9300 thumbs up in support to 37 down.
FR has a couple of thread that link to them
Given the topic, might want to, er, rephrase what you just wrote...
Boycott A&E and it’s advertisers? Boycott the show??
Some high level homos in A&E top management got their panties in a wad and have made a mistake that will cost A&E to lose the top rated cable show.
That’s why I phrased it that way. :)
A+E Networks fires Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson -demonstrating their support for male anus ****ers everywhere.
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