Phil Robertson has been suspended from Duck Dynasty after making controversial comments in the January issue of GQ . Update: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticizes the network’s decision.
Miss Kay Robertson (left) and Phil Robertson renew their vows in a scene from the the Season 4 premiere of Duck Dynasty.
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The wildly successful A&E reality show Duck Dynasty, about a family that has built its wealth on a hunting whistle, is in major turmoil after the show's star and family's patriarch was quoted in GQ making controversial comments about the LGBT community. In response, A&E announced Wednesday it will suspend Phil Robertson from the show for an indefinite period. The rest of the family will continue filming.
"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
"It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."