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12-23-2013, 06:37 PM
The ?Duck Dynasty? Double Down: ?***ual Immorality Is Number One On The List? Of Sins
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/I-Support-Phil-Robertson-Sign-638x425.jpgA sign defending Robertson posted in Highland, Illi**is.
CREDIT: KTVI.
Phil Robertson has spoken out publicly for the first time since GQ published comments he made condemning homo***uality as sinful (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/19/3087431/**m-duck-dynasty-homo***uality-sin-degrading-human-soul/) and suggesting that African Americans were perfectly happy under Jim Crow laws. He did **t address the racist remarks, but used a small group Bible study on Sunday to defend his rebukes of homo***uality (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528043/Duck-Dynasty-family-seen-today.html), claiming he was merely quoting the Bible.
His new statements, however, clarify further his judgmental views about gay people. For example, he alludes to HIV and other diseases as being the consequence of ***ual immorality — reminding of how God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The only safe ***ual option for men, he argues, is to marry a woman:
ROBERTSON: We murder each other and we steal from one a**ther, *** and immorality goes ballistic. All the diseases that just so happen to follow ***ual mischief… boy there are some microbes running around **w. ***ual sins are numerous and many, I have a few myself. So what is your safest course of action? If you’re a man, find yourself a woman, marry them and keep your *** right there. You can have fun, but one thing is for sure, as long as you are both healthy in the first place, you are **t going to catch some debilitating illness, there is safety there.
Commonsense says we are **t going to procreate the human race unless we have a man and a woman. From the beginning Jesus said, “It is a man and a woman.” Adam was made and Eve was made for this reason. They left their fathers and mothers and be united to become one flesh, that’s what marriage is all about. But we looked at it and said it was an outdated stereotype. When you look back at the human race, the sins have always been the same: We get high, we get drunk, we get laid, we steal and kill. Has this changed at all from the time God burnt up whole cities because their every thought was evil?
Robertson went on to assert that ***ual immorality is actually worse than any other sins, but that Jesus can take away the sin of homo***uality:
ROBERTSON: The acts of the sinful nature are obvious. ***ual immorality, is number one on the list. How many ways can we sin ***ually? My goodness. You open up that can of worms and people will be mad at you over it. I am just reading what was written over 2000 years ago. Those who live like this will **t inherit the kingdom. All I did was quote from the scriptures, but they just didn’t k**w it. Whether I said it, or they read it, what’s the difference? The sins are the same, humans haven’t changed. [...]
But there’s a way out, do you want to hear the rest of the story or what? Jesus will take sins away, if you’re a homo***ual he’ll take it away, if you’re an adulterer, if you’re a liar, what’s the difference? If you break one sin you may as well break them all. If we lose our morality, we will lose our country. It will happen. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all walk around without stealing from each other and killing each other?
Video also surfaced (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2526838/Is-end-Duck-Dynasty-Robertson-family-rallies-round-embattled-patriarch-anti-gay-rant-claim-imagine-going-forward-without-helm.html) last week of Robertson speaking against homo***uality back in 2010, comparing homo***uality to bestiality just like he did in the GQ interview by claiming that gay people “bow down to birds animals and reptiles and each other and the first thing you see coming out of them is gross ***ual immorality.”
A&E suspended Robertson from filming on Duck Dynasty, which prompted his family (http://duckcommander.com/news/robertson-family-offical-statement) to suggest that the show about their duck call business might **t be able to continue without him.
Conservatives have fervently been defending (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/19/3091261/duck-dynasty-free-speech/) Robertson’s comments about homo***uality, though they have been **ticeably silent about his comments on race and civil rights.
The post The ‘Duck Dynasty’ Double Down: ‘***ual Immorality Is Number One On The List’ Of Sins (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/23/3099641/duck-dynasty-double-***ual-immorality-number-list-sins/) appeared first on ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org).
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/I-Support-Phil-Robertson-Sign-638x425.jpgA sign defending Robertson posted in Highland, Illi**is.
CREDIT: KTVI.
Phil Robertson has spoken out publicly for the first time since GQ published comments he made condemning homo***uality as sinful (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/19/3087431/**m-duck-dynasty-homo***uality-sin-degrading-human-soul/) and suggesting that African Americans were perfectly happy under Jim Crow laws. He did **t address the racist remarks, but used a small group Bible study on Sunday to defend his rebukes of homo***uality (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528043/Duck-Dynasty-family-seen-today.html), claiming he was merely quoting the Bible.
His new statements, however, clarify further his judgmental views about gay people. For example, he alludes to HIV and other diseases as being the consequence of ***ual immorality — reminding of how God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The only safe ***ual option for men, he argues, is to marry a woman:
ROBERTSON: We murder each other and we steal from one a**ther, *** and immorality goes ballistic. All the diseases that just so happen to follow ***ual mischief… boy there are some microbes running around **w. ***ual sins are numerous and many, I have a few myself. So what is your safest course of action? If you’re a man, find yourself a woman, marry them and keep your *** right there. You can have fun, but one thing is for sure, as long as you are both healthy in the first place, you are **t going to catch some debilitating illness, there is safety there.
Commonsense says we are **t going to procreate the human race unless we have a man and a woman. From the beginning Jesus said, “It is a man and a woman.” Adam was made and Eve was made for this reason. They left their fathers and mothers and be united to become one flesh, that’s what marriage is all about. But we looked at it and said it was an outdated stereotype. When you look back at the human race, the sins have always been the same: We get high, we get drunk, we get laid, we steal and kill. Has this changed at all from the time God burnt up whole cities because their every thought was evil?
Robertson went on to assert that ***ual immorality is actually worse than any other sins, but that Jesus can take away the sin of homo***uality:
ROBERTSON: The acts of the sinful nature are obvious. ***ual immorality, is number one on the list. How many ways can we sin ***ually? My goodness. You open up that can of worms and people will be mad at you over it. I am just reading what was written over 2000 years ago. Those who live like this will **t inherit the kingdom. All I did was quote from the scriptures, but they just didn’t k**w it. Whether I said it, or they read it, what’s the difference? The sins are the same, humans haven’t changed. [...]
But there’s a way out, do you want to hear the rest of the story or what? Jesus will take sins away, if you’re a homo***ual he’ll take it away, if you’re an adulterer, if you’re a liar, what’s the difference? If you break one sin you may as well break them all. If we lose our morality, we will lose our country. It will happen. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all walk around without stealing from each other and killing each other?
Video also surfaced (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2526838/Is-end-Duck-Dynasty-Robertson-family-rallies-round-embattled-patriarch-anti-gay-rant-claim-imagine-going-forward-without-helm.html) last week of Robertson speaking against homo***uality back in 2010, comparing homo***uality to bestiality just like he did in the GQ interview by claiming that gay people “bow down to birds animals and reptiles and each other and the first thing you see coming out of them is gross ***ual immorality.”
A&E suspended Robertson from filming on Duck Dynasty, which prompted his family (http://duckcommander.com/news/robertson-family-offical-statement) to suggest that the show about their duck call business might **t be able to continue without him.
Conservatives have fervently been defending (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/19/3091261/duck-dynasty-free-speech/) Robertson’s comments about homo***uality, though they have been **ticeably silent about his comments on race and civil rights.
The post The ‘Duck Dynasty’ Double Down: ‘***ual Immorality Is Number One On The List’ Of Sins (http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/23/3099641/duck-dynasty-double-***ual-immorality-number-list-sins/) appeared first on ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org).