Phil Robertson Defends Anti-Gay Comments: 'All I Did Was Quote From the Scriptur' - ABC News

Contents:

• 'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR PHIL ROBERTSON MAK ANTI-GAY REMARKS, SAYS BEG GAY IS A S [UPDATED]
• PHIL ROBERTSON DEFENDS ANTI-GAY COMMENTS: 'ALL I DID WAS QUOTE FROM THE SCRIPTUR'
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON ON INFE HIAT FOLLOWG ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON LKS GAY MARRIAGE, MASS MURR SPEECH TO CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE
• PHIL ROBERTSON PUBLICLY BASHED GAYS FOR YEARS -- A&E KNEW ALL ABOUT IT
• WATCH: NEW ANTI-GAY SERMON FROM 'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR LEAKS
• 'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR MAK ANTI-GAY MENTS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’: PHIL ROBERTSON SPEND INFELY FOLLOWG ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON ANTI-GAY VIO EMERG AS A&E BEEFS UP SECURY AMID THREATS

'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.

PHIL ROBERTSON DEFENDS ANTI-GAY COMMENTS: 'ALL I DID WAS QUOTE FROM THE SCRIPTUR'

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.

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

Robertson, who died Thursday at age 93, was the founr of the Christian Broadstg Network and host of s long-nng program The 700 Club, which he ed to spew homophobia and transphobia. But he ma many other outrageo remarks, such as sayg femism turns women to lbians and that gay men wear special rgs to transm HIV.

Nazis Were Gay, Femists Are Wch. In 1990, Robertson claimed that many of the supporters of Adolf Hler were gay, when fact Hler and his Nazi ernment persecuted LGBTQ+ people, pecially gay men, sendg many to ncentratn mps.

On The 700 Club, he said homosexualy “is a pathology, ” and he ntued, “It is a sickns, and needs to be treated. … Many of those people volved wh Adolf Hler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS

Gays Cse Natural Disasters, Terrorist Attacks, and Nuclear War. In 1998, as Disney World Florida was hostg Gay Days, Robertson said the cy of Orlando was vg hurrin, earthquak, terrorism, “and possibly a meteor” by allowg the display of rabow flags. However, none of those tastroph 2001, he and fellow homophobic televangelist Jerry Falwell joed to blame gays, abortn, and liberalism general for 9/11.

“I really believe that the pagans and the abortnists and the femists and the gays and the lbians who are actively tryg to make that an alternative liftyle, the ACLU, People for the Amerin Way, all of them who have tried to secularize Ameri, I pot the fger their face and say, ‘You helped this happen, ’” Falwell said as a gut on The 700 Club. In 2013, he claimed gay men ci such as San Francis would liberately fect others wh HIV by wearg rgs that cut other people when they shook hands. In no [way] were my remarks meant as an dictment of the homosexual muny or, for that fact, to those fected wh this dreadful disease.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON LKS GAY MARRIAGE, MASS MURR SPEECH TO CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE

“I thk we need to remember the term sodomy me om a town known as Sodom, and Sodom was stroyed by God Almighty, and the thg that they practiced was homosexual activy and even they tried to rape angels who me down there, so that’s the kd of people they were, ” he ntued, “There isn’t one sgle civilizatn that has survived that had openly embraced homosexualy. A&E spend the "Duck Dynasty" star last week after his flammatory ments a GQ terview, llg homosexualy a s, sayg the Nazis need J and that he never saw the mistreatment of any black person growg up Louisiana before the civil rights era.

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"If you're a homosexual, he'll take away. UPDATED: The news after the realy star pared beg gay to btialy, drawg ire om LGBT groups cludg GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign.

PHIL ROBERTSON PUBLICLY BASHED GAYS FOR YEARS -- A&E KNEW ALL ABOUT IT

A&E has placed Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson on fe hiat followg anti-gay remarks he ma a recent profile GQ.

The news after Robertson pared homosexualy to btialy an terview wh the magaze. “Start wh homosexual behavr and jt morph out om there, ” he says. 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.

“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. “What’s clear is that such hateful anti-gay ments are unacceptable to fans, viewers, and works alike, ” GLAAD’s Cz said late Wednday.

WATCH: NEW ANTI-GAY SERMON FROM 'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR LEAKS

“We know that beg gay is not a choice someone mak, and that to suggt otherwise n be credibly harmful.

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. 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.

'DUCK DYNASTY' STAR MAK ANTI-GAY MENTS

In addn to his ments about homosexualy, Robertson also spoke about race and growg up Louisiana before the civil rights era. "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson ma headl this week for his anti-gay sentiments a GQ terview. And his offensive claims about gay people fly the face of science.

In fact, ’s important to note that every sgle leadg medil anizatn the untry has said that there is absolutely nothg wrong wh beg [lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr] -- ’s not a choice, and to suggt otherwise is dangero.

Robertson lled homosexualy a s and juxtaposed wh btialy. After his homophobia ma news, A&E released a statement announcg Robertson's fe spensn om "Duck Dynasty.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’: PHIL ROBERTSON SPEND INFELY FOLLOWG ANTI-GAY REMARKS

His anti-gay hate speech. The nversatn eventually turned to s, and when Robertson was asked jt what he nsired sful, he replied, "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. God, he says, will judge them all: "Whether they're homosexuals, dnks, terrorists.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR PHIL ROBERTSON ANTI-GAY VIO EMERG AS A&E BEEFS UP SECURY AMID THREATS

Only days later, Variety reported he had been restated after nversatns wh gay rights groups.

Rather than opt to jt simply let go, Robertson has sce ntued spewg more and more anti-gay hate speech. He ced statistics that clud 160, 000 recent murrs, and suggted they were the direct rult of a natnwi shift moraly that me after the Supreme Court's 2015 cisn regardg the legalizatn of gay marriage. Robertson has said he don't actually hate people who are gay, and that the ments he's ma have been misnsted.