MICH. UTILITY CANCELS 'DUCK DYNASTY' CONTEST AFTER SINGLE COMPLAINT

Breitbart ^ | 16 Apr 2014 | CHRISTIAN TOTO

[kingattax]

A&E's Duck Dynasty remains a ratings powerhouse, and co-star Willie Robertson's film God's Not Dead is one of 2014's biggest sleeper hits.

That wasn't enough to prevent a Michigan utility company from scrapping a Duck Dynasty look-a-like contest after a single complaint, according to Fox News.

The decision was made in light of controversial remarks by a Duck Dynasty cast member against the LGBT community,” the public utility said in a statement. “The BWL is committed to diversity and respect community differences, and we regret if the contest offended anyone.

The utility announced the contest on Monday. One local citizen complained about it later that day, connecting the event to star Phil Robertson's comments about homosexuality in GQ magazine.

It was the only complaint the utility received, but it was more than enough. Utility spokesman Steve Serkaian told Fox News "it took a minute" to decide to cancel the contest.

[grellis]

Yes, it's Lansing BWL. Serkaian is a useless toady mouthpiece--I'm interested in knowing who actually made this decision. It doesn't specify what "long-standing event" the look-alike contest was to be a part of--I assume it's the BWL's annual Chili Cook-Off. I stink at links but this is the event:

http://www.lbwl.com/cco/

After BWL's disasterous response to December's ice storm, and the beating BWL is still taking in the local press, I'm not one bit surprised at this knee-jerk reaction. Lansing has a vicious and vocal LGBT community, and BWL probably figured that the queer backlash would outweigh the backlash from the rest of us. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.