Posted on 12/31/2013 8:28:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Unpleasant video footage of reinstated Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has emerged in which he appears to advise young men to marry underage girls because they are easier to control.
In the 2009 Sportsmen's Ministry talk, Robertson, 67, who began dating his wife when she was 14-years-old, advises his audience, 'You got to marry these girls when they are 15 or 16. They'll pick your ducks' - which is a literal reference to removing dead bird's feathers.
Warming to his stereotypical redneck theme, Robertson, who was suspended from the A&E hit for nine days earlier this month for homophobic comments, tells the gathered crowd that in addition to being young, the girls have to know how to cook and carry a Bible - 'That'll save you a lot of trouble down the road.'
While the speech given in Georgia is recounted in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, in light of Robertson's strong views on traditional family values - protected by the First Amendment - they seem slightly inappropriate.
His advice for a happy marriage, which he claims is a kind of 'river rat counseling', is that all men 'Make sure that she can cook a meal. You need to eat some meals that she cooks, check that out.'
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Pretty much a Marxist response. Excuse me if I no longer believe your sincerity. Go hate where you normally post.
Pray America is Waking
His young marriage wasn't considered out of the norm for the times, community, and even the south. Perhaps Stingray should listen carefully to what Kay said in their renewal of vows and their relationship. Nah. This was like some Troll the other day hitting threads condemning people and cursing posters for having TV LOL.
I think the past tense of bethroed is “bethrew” or “bethrown”.
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Yeah but you know how funky the subconscious can be.
Darn projection.
My wife was bethroed the first time she tried to ride my horse.
I took a look at the study. It does not control for race or socio-economic status. It could just as easily be said that a characteristic of underclass women is that they both drop out of school and have kids at a young age. In the early days covered by the study (1950's thru 1970's) such women might get married at a young age. In current times, they just have kids at a young age without bothering with marriage at all.
Such women who have kids as teens are FAR more likely to be in poverty when they have kids outside marriage, than they were when they just married young.
/rimshot
You missed the second paragraph of the post you're quoting, where I said "Maybe not marriage at 16, but I think girls should look at being married by 22".
The average age at which girls these days become sexually active, is around 17. They will go though a number of sexual partners before perhaps settling down in their late 20's.
I'm saying that perhaps it would be better if they got married earlier than late 20's, like early 20's.
You damn right GO PHIL!
My grandma was 13 when she got married. My mother was 15,
and the Virgin Mary was around 15 when she gave birth to Jesus.
Have they all had their funny bones removed by order of Health & Safety?
So how would you feel if your daughter married at 16?
RE: So how would you feel if your daughter married at 16?
I would not give my blessing as she was not mature enough at that age. She is 21 now and still unmarried.
One of my nieces on the other hand ( now 22 and just married), was wise and mature beyond her years at 16. She’d probably make a good wife even at that age.
As I stated in the beginning of this very interesting thread, I married at 16. Not pregnant. And several I knew did the same thing. I lived in the city..so it wasn’t a rural phenom.
I don’t want to paint with a broad brush, but maturity levels have changed. The demand to be responsible has changed.
Although your question really wasn’t directed to me, the reply to your question (how would you feel if your daughter married at 16?) based on the 16 year olds I know today...I would have to say NO WAY. But that holds true for 90 per cent of the 30 year olds that I know.
Bottom line, imho, Robertson based his comment on what was prevalent on the conditions of his time. And besides...after seeing the video...it was for humor.
We have a president making all kinds of outlandish statements...and people seem to be centered on something a reality star says. Go figure.
He's talking about marriage.
The RATs just want to get them out there doing the wild thing, staying single, having babies, and getting on welfare.
AND VOTING RAT!
There is nothing like our first love. Perhaps a long engagement while they get their ducks in a row is a great idea.
Cough ... I’m not sure what to make of that statement.
Since she would need MY parental consent to marry at 16, it would not be given unless the guy in question, and his family, were WELL known by our family, of good reputation, mature, had a good job, and truly loved my daughter. If I had high confidence that he would make my daughter happy, I might give consent. (but more likely I would have them wait until she was 18).
As for the age of consent. one thing that is wrong with high schools is that they have the same rules for 17 year olds as for 14-year olds. A 17 year old is not—or ought not to be—a child.”
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