Posted on 12/28/2013 4:56:57 AM PST by tcg
... The decision by A&E Network to suspend Phil Robertson, the Patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family, was nothing but a political response to a strong bullying tactic by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation). They took exception to a freewheeling interview which Phil Robertson gave to GQ magazine in which, among many other topics, he shared his evangelical protestant beliefs that homosexual acts are sinful.
Like most sincere, faithful Christians - protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox - Phil Robertson attempted to make an important distinction. He explained that, although he respected all human persons - including those who self identify as homosexual - homosexual sexual activity is immoral. He also wanted the readers of the interview to know that the love of God is available to all men and women, can free them from every sin and help them to find a full and happy life by avoiding wrong choices going forward.
Phil Robertson, in his down home manner, went to great lengths to explain his own background. He bore witness of his turn to the grace of God and the mercy which he has experienced. This man offered a sincerely held and well meaning Christian witness. However, it was to no avail, at least among some readers with power and position in the increasingly intolerant cultural and political infrastructure of the United States.
The arbiters of what some hope will become a new cultural order in the West - where active practitioners of a homosexual or lesbian lifestyle are given a moral and legal equivalency under the civil law to a married men and women - have no room for anyone who does not toe the line... However, A&E Network did not expect the response that followed....
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Maybe the days of allowing the tail to wag the dog are finally coming to an end.
They were #1. Why would they need to boost ratings?????
I seriously doubt that. I don't watch the show, but it's my impression that the family lives its Christian beliefs and would not participate in such a deception.
You may see A&E doing pro gay PSAs, but I doubt you will see the Robertson family doing them. The closest thing to that would be the family saying we must love one another....
Thats about it....You wont see any network getting them to say something which they dont believe in....
They should walk, and they should offer a parting statement:
"We would like to thank the millions of our fans for their kind messages of agreement and support regarding our show and our recent disagreement with A&E.
This false controversy, perpetrated in its entirety by GLAAD, has revealed the depraved positions and bad decision making on the part of the hosting network, which, as you know, starkly contradict our deeply held religious faith.
We, the Robertsons, do not accept the fact that A&E chooses to deliberately insult the vast majority of the American viewing public, and sides instead with these filthy unapologetic child molesters.
Therefore, we will be looking forward to seeing you all soon with a new show and from a different venue.
Once again, many thanks to all of you.
The Robertsons."
And that's exactly what they mean, not "we must pork each other"
That's just another perverted word definition, degrading the English language.
Longmire is a crime drama television series.
I AM THE MOTHER OF A MURDERED CHILD, such programs bring on nightmares. So I refuse to watch any of them. Even the fist 15 mins of the news is banned in this house as it is all the murders that happened in Memphis yesterday.
It is hard enough getting through those special days and from Thanksgiving on through Christmas, is the worst time of the year for me. Then you hit April and it starts over again, year after year.
And the stupid liberal shrinks who think they know how long grief should last, can stop pitching their BS on the public and me you will get over it, is not viable.
Grief has it’s own time table.
You have a copy of their contract?
What can A&E do?
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