Republins cry First Amendment after Duck Dynasty star's anti-gay rant

Contents:

• 'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR PHIL ROBERTSON MAK ANTI-GAY REMARKS, SAYS BEG GAY IS A S [UPDATED]
• REPUBLINS CRY FIRST AMENDMENT AFTER DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S ANTI-GAY RANT
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SLAMMED OVER ANTI-GAY RANT
• DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S SHOCKG ANTI-GAY RANT
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S ANTI-GAY RANT: IS WALMART AND A&E'S $400 MILLN EMPIRE AT STAKE?
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON CONTU ANTI-GAY RANT (VIO)
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON DELIVERS ANOTHER ANTI-GAY RANT: ‘HORRIBLE DISEAS FOLLOW IMMORAL CONDUCT’ (AUD)
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' PATRIARCH SPEND OM TV SHOW FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS
• DUCK DYNASTY STAR SPEND 'FELY' FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' ANTI-GAY FALLOUT SPARKS WIR BATE ON TOLERANCE
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' UPROAR DIVIS GAY CONSERVATIV
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' PATRIARCH SPEND OVER ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON ON INFE HIAT FOLLOWG ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' ANTI-GAY FALLOUT SPARKS WIR BATE ON TOLERANCE
• ‘DUCK’ STAR’S ANTI-GAY RANT DIVIS POLICIANS, FANS

'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR PHIL ROBERTSON MAK ANTI-GAY REMARKS, SAYS BEG GAY IS A S [UPDATED]

Not only do "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson fail to unrstand what 's like to be gay, but he also thks homosexualy is a s parable to btialy.

In a shockg new terview wh GQ's Drew Magary, Robertson -- the 67-year-old patriarch of the Duck Commanr kgdom that earned his Louisiana fay a fortune and a h A&E seri -- opened up about "morn immoraly" and the gay muny.

“Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there.

REPUBLINS CRY FIRST AMENDMENT AFTER DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S ANTI-GAY RANT

Neher the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostut, the homosexual offenrs, the greedy, the dnkards, the slanrers, the swdlers -- they won’t her the kgdom of God.

Robertson's anti-gay ments did not s well wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) advot. He clearly knows nothg about gay people or the majory of Louisianans –- and Amerins -- who support legal regnn for lovg and mted gay and lbian upl.

”Before You GoAnti-Gay Celebry StatementsPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Republins shed to fend Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson after the realy TV star was spend om the show over an anti-gay rant. 8 ln people watched the Augt latt season premiere, makg the most watched nonfictn ble show a recent terview wh GQ magaze, Robertson ranted about homosexualy, parg to btialy.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SLAMMED OVER ANTI-GAY RANT

”He ntued: "Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there—btialy, sleepg around wh this woman and that woman and that woman and those men. Phil Robertson, patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” clan, is beg slammed for ntroversial ments he ma about homosexualy an terview the January issue of GQ.

When the reporter asked Robertson what he found sful, he said “Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there.

Neher the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostut, the homosexual offenrs, the greedy, the dnkards, the slanrers, the swdlers—they won’t her the kgdom of God.

DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S SHOCKG ANTI-GAY RANT

“He clearly knows nothg about gay people or the majory of Louisianans — and Amerins — who support legal regnn for lovg and mted gay and lbian upl.

Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is unr fire for anti-gay ments he ma a recent terview wh GQ magaze.

And some of those words – que a few, actually – have land the realy TV in hot water after of the fay featured on the ’s start wh Robertson’s ments on homosexualy.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS

S be fe…Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there. ”He clearly knows nothg about gay people or the majory of Louisianans – and Amerins – who support legal regnn for lovg and mted gay and lbian upl.

In an terview wh GQ magaze, he lls homosexualy a s. Phil Robertson, a star of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty, ” has been spend fely after slammg gays a magaze terview.

DUCK DYNASTY STAR'S ANTI-GAY RANT: IS WALMART AND A&E'S $400 MILLN EMPIRE AT STAKE?

In the January issue of GQ, Robertson said homosexualy is a s and puts the same tegory as btialy and promiscuy.

When asked what he thought was sful, Robertson replied: “Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there. In addn to his ments about homosexualy, Robertson also spoke about race and growg up Louisiana before the civil rights era. Wholome, if you get warm fuzzy feelgs om horribly outdated, ignorant anti-gay rhetoric.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON CONTU ANTI-GAY RANT (VIO)

"Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there.

Neher the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostut, the homosexual offenrs, the greedy, the dnkards, the slanrers, the swdlers — they won't her the kgdom of God. " Robertson himself, via A&E's prs office, issued what n be charably scribed as a fxpology sayg his anti-gay beliefs are based on Bible teachgs. Believe Robertson's vile homophobia will anger their shoppers the same way they clearly imaged Deen's apparent racism would.

Phil Robertson hasn’t backed away om his stance that homosexual behavr is a s — and he said as much a recent sermon to his church ngregatn. PHOTOS: ‘Duck Dynasty’s’ Phil Robertson and Other Stars Who’ve Ma Anti-Gay Remarks.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON DELIVERS ANOTHER ANTI-GAY RANT: ‘HORRIBLE DISEAS FOLLOW IMMORAL CONDUCT’ (AUD)

Robertson went on to reerate his prev ments that homosexualy is a s.

“Is homosexual behavr a s? Neher the sexually immoral, neher the idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostut, nor homosexual offenrs, nor thiev, nor greedy, nor dnkards, not slanrers, not swdlers, will her the kgdom of God.

Phil Robertson — the “Duck Dynasty” star who was briefly spend om the A&E seri after bashg gays a GQ terview — once aga has uttered more than enough words to offend not only the entire LGBT muny, but people sufferg om any number of bilatg diseas. Robertson’s latt rant me after Perks praised him for not nformg to “polil rrectns” that “is stroyg the untry” when unr fire 2013 for parg homosexualy to btialy, and lumpg s practners wh “terrorists” gog to hell.

'DUCK DYNASTY' PATRIARCH SPEND OM TV SHOW FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS

Thgs got heated Friday on Morng Joe as the show tackled the fallout after Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson's cendiary ments on homosexualy.

"A lot of Amerins believe that homosexualy is a s, and that’s not an absurd or unique posn to have.

Even if they’re tolerant and pletely OK wh gay marriage, they still hold that fundamental relig te, " said Lewis, a senr ntributor at the Daily recently wrote a lumn tailg the "culture war" between the left and right that he believ is dividg the untry. A&E spend Phil Robertson, star of the TV realy seri Duck Dynasty, earlier this week over his flammatory ments about homosexualy. Robertson pared homosexuliaty to btialy a recently published terview wh GQ Magaze.

DUCK DYNASTY STAR SPEND 'FELY' FOR ANTI-GAY MENTS

" said Roberts, who is openly gay.

Ble televisn work A&E spend Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the backwater Louisiana clan s h realy show "Duck Dynasty, " on Thursday for makg anti-gay ments. "Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph om there, " Robertson, 67, said when asked what is sful.

"The work has placed Phil unr hiat om filmg fely, " said a rights group GLAAD nmned Robertson's ments, sayg he knows nothg about gay people.

'DUCK DYNASTY' ANTI-GAY FALLOUT SPARKS WIR BATE ON TOLERANCE

Let's start wh Robertson's ments on homosexualy. "He clearly knows nothg about gay people or the majory of Louisianans – and Amerins -- who support legal regnn for lovg and mted gay and lbian upl. NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Rters) - The spensn of TV personaly Phil Robertson of A&E's h realy show "Duck Dynasty" for makg anti-gay ments sparked a polilly charged bate about relign and tolerance on Thursday and st doubt on the seri' ntroversy put A&E, part-owned by Walt Disney Co, the awkward posn of g up wh a palatable rponse possibly to the triment of s most popular show, which is schled to beg s fifth season on January 15.

'DUCK DYNASTY' UPROAR DIVIS GAY CONSERVATIV

Robertson, the patriarch of the backwater Louisiana clan on the realy show about huntg, fishg and domtic squabbl, was put on fe "hiat" by A&E for his remarks to GQ magaze characterizg homosexualy as sful behavr. "CONSERVATIVES PUSH BACKReactn to Robertson's ments was swift om across the polil spectm wh gay rights group GLAAD nmng the remarks while nservative policians fend U. A sizeable part of the Amerin nservative movement is enraged by A&E's cisn to put "Duck Dynasty" -star Phil Robertson on leave om filmg after he lorfully nounced homosexualy, leavg gay nservativ an unfortable his tira on his relig beliefs, the realy TV star vividly scribed gay sex and labeled a s an terview published Dec.

Gay nservativ, who seek to broan the movement and the Republin Party to clu them, have different tak on the ntroversy.

"The knee jerk reactn of some on the right to actually fend this kd of ugls is yet another remr of jt how out of touch the folks are wh where Ameri is and where Ameri is gog, " says Chris Barron, a Republin activist who -found the gay nservative anizatn GOProud. "Robertson wasn't quotg om the Bible, he went on a vulgar and bigoted anti-gay rant, " says Barron, who strsed he was only speakg for himself and not on behalf of any 's group was not ved to return as a -sponsor of the annual Conservative Polil Actn Conference 2012 after a lobbyg effort by social nservativ who believe gay anizatns do not belong the movement. "Another gay nservative who has been attacked by socially nservative members of the Republin Party se the Robertson ntroversy differently.

'DUCK DYNASTY' PATRIARCH SPEND OVER ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

"The self-appoted gay learship's reactn to a realy show star's personal relig views was troublg, " says Richard Grenell, who served as foreign policy spokman for Mt Romney's 2012 printial mpaign before rigng when his sexual orientatn beme a polil issue. "Gay Amerins value ee speech, don't mand that everyone thk like they do and aren't nearly as th-skned as the so-lled gay learship, " Grenell says. "But Michael Lus, a self-intified nservative who owns one of the untry's largt gay pornography pani, Lus Entertament, says Amerins shouldn't tolerate tolerance.

In Rsia he would be pullg the roof off gay clubs. "Lus not that 2010 Robertson gave a viotaped sermon which he voked the biblil tale of Sodom and Gomorrah and seemed to say about gay people: "They're full of murr, envy, strife, hatred.

""This is not jt, 'Ick, gay sex is icky, '" Lus says. 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Spend Over Anti-Gay Comments One of the stars of the realy TV show Duck Dynasty, Phil Robertson, has been spend by A+E. He ma antigay statements an terview wh a magaze.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON ON INFE HIAT FOLLOWG ANTI-GAY REMARKS

'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Spend Over Anti-Gay Comments. ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Well, basilly a wrer for GQ magaze spent some time wh the fay to do a profile and hung out wh Phil Robertson and got him talkg about his fah and also he talked a ltle b about how he felt about gay people. And at that pot, he pared homosexual behavr to adultery, to slanrs, to btialy and A&E drew a le and said that they would not tolerate him speakg that way about gay people and so they spend him.

They talk about their fah a lot, but I thk this is the first time we've seen one of them e forth and say somethg sort of hurtful about another group of they may have known that the guys were very relig, but they didn't necsarily know that they had the sort of views about gay people and that they were gog to say them publicly and e this sort of problem for A&E.

'DUCK DYNASTY' ANTI-GAY FALLOUT SPARKS WIR BATE ON TOLERANCE

DEGGANS: Well, one of the thgs I thk we're seeg is that anti-gay thoughts and statements are movg om an area where they're sort of a matter of opn to a place where we see them as bigotry the mastream culture. And those showbiz platforms are very ncerned about how they're perceived terms of equaly and terms of beg fair to gay people and all people.

‘DUCK’ STAR’S ANTI-GAY RANT DIVIS POLICIANS, FANS

And so if they want to publish a book, if they want to do a movie, if they want to do a speakg tour, if they want to create a Web seri, how are they gog to be regard if they refe to apologize for the way that Phil has talked about gay people. GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign slammed the Duck Dynasty star after his anti-gay ments to GQ magaze, which he lled homosexualy sful.

In season 15, Aaryn Gri — and others — ma homophobic remarks to fellow hoegut (and eventual wner) Andy Herren, llg him "queer.

" In the 13th cycle, Jeff Schroer went on an famo anti-gay rant that was prompted by Harry Potter's Dumbledore. When a hoegut told him he had misnceptns about gay men, Jeff went on a tear: "He's a school of ltle kids; you don't want to make that guy gay! 2011, the oft-outspoken edian mented rponse to Same Street's Bert and Ernie marriage ntroversy that gay people should "get married and shut up, " ll themselv “Yuck, " and asked, "When did we start givg a sh about the [transgenr] people?