"Blood is thicker than water," and the Robertson family has made it very clear that A&E is...well, the water.
The family of the highest rated cable reality TV show recently released a statement expressing their support for dad and patriarch of the family; Phil Robertson. In the statement they also voiced their disappointment for A&E's decision to have Robertson suspended indefinitely.
"We're disappointed that Phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith, which is his constitutionally protected right. We have had a successful working relationship with A&E but, as a family we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm. We are in discussions with A&E to see what that means for the future of Duck Dynasty."
A&E decided to suspend Robertson after comments he made in the January issue of GQ about homosexuality.
"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,"
Robertson also told the mag that homosexuals were not alone in what he viewed as sinful nature.
"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."
In the same article the Duck Dynasty patriarch touched on his experience growing up with the African American race before the civil rights era.
"I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once," he told GQ. "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," GQ quoted Robertson as saying.
Wow! That's good to know Phil never once witnessed anything that would warrant as a civil rights issue growing up with African Americans. No "whites only" signs or anything? Where they do that at? Oh well, here's to wishing the best for Duck Dynasty and A&E.
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