It is gutsy in the context of Hollywood where conformity to political correctness comes with nearly every SAG card. But here the critical factor is that Sutherland has “F... Y..” money, due to the success of the show and can call them as he sees them. I think I read that a couple of seasons ago he was hauling in north of $22M a season (and I don’t think that included a share of syndication of reruns, which will be large.) So he had earned an independent platform in Hollywood.
...I am still having a hard time logistically accepting the notion of extreme christians? and comparing them to extreme muslims?