Phil Robertson, one of the stars of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty,” has been suspended indefinitely after sharing his view on blacks, gays and all of the above in an interview featured in the January issue of GQ magazine.
A&E representatives released a statement saying:
“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, 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.”
Fans of the “Duck Dynasty” show feel that his right to freedom of speech has been violated…what do you think?
Robertson’s position on gay people:
“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.
…on the civil rights era growing up in Louisiana:
“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”
Fans of the “Duck Dynasty” show feel that his right to freedom of speech has been violated…what do you think?
