Posted on 12/20/2013 5:51:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On Thursday, PETA called for the cancellation of Duck Dynasty, one of the most highly-rated shows ever, a day after A&E suspended patriarch Phil Robertson for comments that were deemed to be "anti-gay."
PETA, which has a history of slamming the show's cast members for hunting, accused the Duck Dynasty cast of "hating people and animals" and called on A&E to ignore former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Facebook post that said Robertson's suspension was an attack on "all of us" because "free speech is an endangered species."
"PETA wants A&E to do more than suspend one of the characters on Duck Dynasty for damning gays. We call on the channel to challenge the entire crew of duck slayers to ignore Sarah Palin’s self-serving slap on the back for spewing hate speech and deny that they are as anti-gay as they are anti-animal," the organization said in a statement. "All people who consider themselves followers of Christ should follow all His teachings—and that includes showing mercy, compassion, and kindness to all of God’s creation, human and nonhuman alike. What’s ‘sinful’ is hating people and animals. PETA asks everyone who consider themselves to be Christian to reject hate speech and call for this show’s cancellation."
Palin emphasized shortly after Robertson's suspension was announced that the "intolerants" targeting Robertson were attacking all Americans who value free speech. "Free speech is an endangered species," Palin said on Wednesday. "Those 'intolerants' hatin’ and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us." Breitbart News Editor-at-Large John Nolte has emphasized that Robertson was explicitly "talking about homosexual sexual behavior, not homosexuals as human beings. That is all the difference in the world."(continued)
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What’s that broccoli doing there?
PETA calls the Word of God hate speech. What really ticked them off was the part where Peter has his dream about all the animals and God’s voice tells him, “Kill, Peter. Eat!”
The comments made by the patriarch were not anti-’gay’, rather they were anti-pervert.
A gigantic pox on A&E which was pretty much worthless until they latched onto this family. Another pox on Billy O’Reilly who is so pumped up with his own self-importance he actually believes his pronouncements regarding Duck Dynasty are taken seriously.
don’t give them ideas, lol
5.56mm
bump
Wait until the Obama family finds out that Phil Robertson has just been appointed the new Santa Claus!
Tom, at my age I’m just thankful that I still have any hair.
lol - I’ve got a headful of it at 57...
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