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]
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’ STAR SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS
• ‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON SOUNDS OFF ON GAYS, CIVIL RIGHTS
• DUCK DYNASTY'S PHIL ROBERTSON SAYS BEG GAY IS ILLOGIL: A VAGA IS MORE DIRABLE THAN A MAN'S AN
• PHIL ROBERTSON DEFENDS ANTI-GAY COMMENTS: 'ALL I DID WAS QUOTE FROM THE SCRIPTUR'
• DUCK DYNASTY STAR COMPAR GAY PEOPLE TO “DNKS,” “TERRORISTS,” AND “PROSTUT”

'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. 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 SPEND FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS

Robertson's anti-gay ments did not s well wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) advot.

‘DUCK DYNASTY’S’ PHIL ROBERTSON SOUNDS OFF ON GAYS, CIVIL RIGHTS

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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He was spend for racist and anti-gay ments Robertson ma headl 2013 after GQ published an terview which he ma racist and anti-gay ments.

DUCK DYNASTY'S PHIL ROBERTSON SAYS BEG GAY IS ILLOGIL: A VAGA IS MORE DIRABLE THAN A MAN'S AN

In the terview, Robertson lled homosexualy a s, likeng to btialy, and said that black people were happy pre-civil rights era Louisiana. A year after this dt-up, Robertson said he wasn't homophobic and explaed the remarks he ma about black people. "I'm as much of a homophobe as J was.

People who are participatg homosexual behavr, they need to know that I love them, " he told Good Morng Ameri 2014. 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.

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

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.

DUCK DYNASTY STAR COMPAR GAY PEOPLE TO “DNKS,” “TERRORISTS,” AND “PROSTUT”

But an terview published January’s GQ Magaze, the duck ll ventor and Roberston fay patriarch go on rerd wh ments about the sfulns of gays and black people unr Jim Crow that are about as forward-thkg as his Old Ttament facial hair.

PHOTOS: Rednecks translate to greenbacks on TV“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. ”In a quote that may raise even more eyebrows than his feelgs about gays, Robertson claims he “never” saw black people mistreated durg the pre-civil rights era his home state, and strongly suggts that Ain Amerins were more ntent unr Jim Crow.

As Magary pots out, Romney, though a Mormon, hails om Robertsons, particularly Phil, are outspoken about their Christian fah (each episo of “Duck Dynasty” ends wh a prayer) and have also mpaigned for Republins, but their show, a h red and blue stat alike, is largely nonpolil and has so far refully avoid issu such as race and gay rights.