Alabaman Politician Suggests Legislation In Support Of ‘Duck Dynasty,’ Because Of Course He Did

State Senator Jerry Fielding (you know which party) has proposed a resolution to the Alabaman state legislature that makes no new laws, enacts no change to existing code, and has ZERO policy impact. So, it is of crucial importance to the state of the State for this issue to be addressed.

Sen. Fielding has suggested that the State of Alabama join him (and a large swath of the US) in condemning A&E for suspending Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” clan, for his Rorschach comments to GQ.

Now, I call Robertson’s comments “Rorschach” because there is nothing I can say here that will change your mind one way or the other. You already have your opinion, and it’s likely different from mine.

But the honorable Senator thinks that the state should waste precious legislative floor time and taxpayers’ dollars to ratify a statement condoning the… ahh.. “unfortunate” comments of a Louisiana native who has been interpreted as being racist and homophobic.

Said Sen. Fielding, reported by The Daily Home:

“Phil Robertson’s family values are shared by the vast majority of Alabamians, who are rightfully concerned by the vitriol aimed at his Christian stance.There’s a clear double standard in the media favoring a liberal worldview. When it’s used to silence and punish Christians for stating their beliefs, that’s when we must defend the rights of individuals to exercise their free speech without fear of politically-motivated repercussion.I join thousands across Alabama and our country by standing with Phil Robertson, and urge A&E to reverse their action against him.”

So, as I understand it, Fielding wants Alabama as a state to officially agree with comments containing thinly veiled bigotry and to scold a company for disassociating itself from an employee who holds such views.

The company is well within its rights to suspend an employee who acts in a manner that they feel disgraces their company (which is in violation of contract).

It’s foolish for this to become an Alabaman political issue when A&E has almost no economic footprint in the state. And going forwards, comparing homosexuality to bestiality and saying that black people were happy during the Jim Crow era are probably things to stay away from during an interview with a nationally syndicated magazine.

There is no persecution of Christian beliefs — had Robertson left it at, for instance, “my religious beliefs forbid me from accepting the sin of homosexuality, though I believe Christ would want me to share brotherly love with someone who is gay,” there would have been no problems.

I know that Robertson says that his family treats everyone with love, but creating hateful comparisons in the same paragraph will undermine that aspect of your message.

In my opinion, the only purpose Senator Fielding’s proposal to the Alabama State legislature serves is to make him more popular with his voting base.

He is gaining a little extra job security by talking about how the Christians of this country are being persecuted, ignoring how the LGBT community has been marginalized forever and still experiences hate daily.

Via: The Daily Home, Top Photo Courtesy: Wallup

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Phil Robertson Suspended From Duck Dynasty Over Anti-Gay Comments

A&E

Phil Robertson has lost his place at the head of the Duck Dynasty table for the forseeable future.

The Robertson family patriarch has been suspended from their hit reality show in light of anti-gay remarks he made in an interview with GQ, released today, in which he grouped homosexuality in with bestiality as deviant behavior.

"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," A&E parent A+E Networks said in a statement obtained by E! News.

"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."

The 67-year-old founder of the Duck Commander Co. shared a number of views that may have shocked fans of the show who tune in for the inexplicably engrossing hijinks, the generally congenial members of the Robertson family and the always-entertaining facial hair.

"Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong," Phil told GQ. "Sin becomes fine."

"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 continued, going on to paraphrase Corinthians, from the seventh book of the New Testament.

"It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man's anus," Robertson added. "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."

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Phil's son Jep Robertson also told the men's mag: "We're not quite as outspoken as my dad, but I'm definitely in line. If somebody asks, I tell 'em what the Bible says."

GLAAD issued a response to the article, saying, "Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe."

Phil's view of the world didn't only diverge from political correctness when it came to the LGBT community, either.

He also recalled to GQ growing up near black farmers in the Jim Crow South, saying, "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."

Pre-suspension, but in reponse to the insta-backlash over his remarkers, Phil issued the following statement, obtained by E! News:

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"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. 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. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other."

Duck Dynasty's fifth season is currently set to premiere on Jan. 15.

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Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Says Being Gay Is Illogical: A Vagina Is More Desirable Than a Man's Anus

GQ

As a straight man, Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson doesn't understand what it means to be gay.

In the January 2014 issue of GQ, the A&E reality star shares his views on homosexuality and opens up about his conservative, Louisiana-based family, and their strong Christian faith.

"We're Bible-thumpers who just happened to end up on television," he says of his family's meteoric rise to fame, which has landed them multiple tabloid covers and a spot on Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating People of 2013 list. "You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off. We ought to just be repentant, turn to God, and let's get on with it, and everything will turn around."

One thing isn't likely to turn around, however, is the duck hunter's views on modern immorality. "Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong," Phil says. "Sin becomes fine."

"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 tells the magazine. Paraphrasing Corinthians, he says, "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."

Phil continues, "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."

Jep Robertson doesn't explicitly tell GQ that he agrees with his father's sentiments, but it seems likely that he does. "We're not quite as outspoken as my dad, but I'm definitely in line," he says of his backwater family. "If somebody asks, I tell 'em what the Bible says."

Phil, 67, later says that he's not too concerned with how other people are living.

"We never, ever judge someone on who's going to heaven, hell. That's the Almighty's job. We just love 'em, give 'em the good news about Jesus—whether they're homosexuals, drunks, terrorists. We let God sort 'em out later, you see what I'm saying?"

Phil also predicts Duck Dynasty will be off the air in three to five years. He's grateful to have been able to share his family's views with more than 14 million viewers each week.

"For the sake of the Gospel, it was worth it," he says of doing the reality show. "All you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus. I'll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero. That's 80 years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups."

(As GQ notes, Phil ignores centuries of war, bloodshed and human enslavement committed in the name of Christ.)

Phil—who says he misses the "old days"—believes all sinners are capable of finding salvation.

"If you simply put your faith in Jesus coming down in flesh, through a human being, God becoming flesh living on the earth, dying on the cross for the sins of the world, being buried, and being raised from the dead—yours and mine and everybody else's problems will be solved," he says.

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