Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPhil Robertson and Mike Huckabee double down on homophobia
The "Duck Dynasty" star and former governor spend the weekend defending hateful comments
MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
Proving yet again that there is no act of ignorance which cannot be doubled down upon, both possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and recently suspended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson spent the weekend staunchly defending homophobia. Oh sorry, I meant tradition.
Robertson made headlines last week thanks to a recent interview with GQ in which he puzzled over male homosexuality, breaking it down with the observation that It seems like, to me, a vagina as a man would be more desirable than a mans anus. Thats just me. Im just thinking: Theres more there! Shes got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what Im saying? But hey, sin: Its not logical, my man. Its just not logical. He went to add, 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. His comments equating homosexuality with having sex with animals, and assuming that sexual orientation is a simple matter of a preference for one orifice over another, sparked justified horror and condemnation. But they also drew support from the likes of professional attention seeker Sarah Palin, who leapt on the controversy to declare This is what Americans desire and deserve; were not rooting for your social truces.
Adding to Robertsons list of defenders, on Fox News Sunday, Mike Huckabee admitted that while the comments may have more appropriate for the duck woods than it would be for the pages of a major news magazine, they were still correct. The former governor, who has also created a Stand With Phil and Support Free Speech Facebook page, told Chris Wallace, I think its come to a point in our culture where political correctness has made it so if you want to take a point of view that is traditional, that holds to a steadfast, old-fashioned biblical, Christian values which are also, by the way, values of traditional Judaism and even Islam and somehow youre just supposed to shut up and keep that to yourself. He added, Theres a new level of bullying on the part of these militant activist groups if anyone says something that holds to the same position that Barack Obama held in 2008 when he made it very clear that he opposed same-sex marriage and he said he did so because he was a Christian and because of his biblical views.
And over the weekend, Robertson himself spoke out, telling a bible study group at his home that I love all men and women. I am a lover of humanity, not a hater . I will not give or back off from my path because you conquered death, Father, so we are not worried about all the repercussions . We murder each other and we steal from one another, sex and immorality goes ballistic. All the diseases that just so happen to follow sexual mischief boy there are some microbes running around now. Sexual sins are numerous and many, I have a few myself. So what is your safest course of action? If youre a man, find yourself a woman, marry them and keep your sex right there . Jesus will take sins away, if youre a homosexual hell take it away. Robertson says, We are a bunch of rednecks from Louisiana, but I am not uneducated, I have a degree from Louisiana Tech. If only a university education were any measure of basic humanity.
:::snip:::
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/23/phil_robertson_and_mike_huckabee_double_down_on_homophobia/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
3 replies, 1433 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (1)
ReplyReply to this post
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Phil Robertson and Mike Huckabee double down on homophobia (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2013
OP
I was distracted for a second as I started to read and had to reread the first paragraph
Tyrs WolfDaemon
Dec 2013
#2
Let's get Honey Boo Boo and him together...Reality TV Wedding...what's the harm? Heck
libdem4life
Dec 2013
#3
Mike Daniels
(5,842 posts)1. I noticed that both times his direct examples have been male homosexuality
No reference in his weekend "sermon" about a "if you're a woman, find yourself a man". Really wish someone would ask Phil that if he has such a problem with homosexuality why his focus is exclusively male homosexuality as far as his moral outrage compass is concerned.
Phil probably has a secret porn stash somewhere with a lot of 'hot' girl on girl action and he can't bring himself to condemn that which revs his motor.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)2. I was distracted for a second as I started to read and had to reread the first paragraph
because I thought it said that both Huckabee and Phil Robertson were potential Presidential candidates.
For an instant I thought that the great Midgard Serpent had started to rise and I missed it.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)3. Let's get Honey Boo Boo and him together...Reality TV Wedding...what's the harm? Heck
as long as her Mama is there and signs off on it. Forget the Kardashians...they are so yesterday. Ratings would be off the charts. Then get the Democratic enablers on the teevee...yep, ratings winnah.