More hate from the vile ‘Duck’
‘Dynasty’ quack’s gay rant 2010 hate talk at church
CONSERVATIVE “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson was caught flapping his gums in an anti-gay tirade three years before his suspension for similar remarks.
A video captured the gray-bearded reality show icon clutching a Bible in his right hand while roundly condemning homosexuality at a 2010 Pennsylvania church dinner.
“Gross sexual immorality,” he declared loudly during his lengthy address at the “Wild Game Supper” in the Berean Baptist Church.
“They will dishonor their bodies with one another, degrade each other,” continues Robertson. “Is that going on in the United States of America? Look around. . . . Boy, is there some immorality going on around here.”
Robertson was suspended Wednesday by the A&E Network, home to his ratings-busting family’s reality show, after making homophobic remarks in an interview with GQ magazine.
Asked what constituted sinful behavior, Robertson shot back, “Start with homosexual behavior and just go from there.”
Before his suspension, Robertson issued a statement that said he “would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me.”
But the unlikely television star actually expounded at length in expressing the same contentious views three years earlier in Pottstown, Pa.
“Women with women. Men with men,” he said at one point. “They committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions.
“They’re full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant God-haters. They are heartless. They are faithless. They are senseless. They are truthless. They invent ways of doing evil.”
A&E’s decision enraged rightwing radio and TV hosts who encouraged their fans to contact the network and demand Robertson’s reinstatement.
Among his prominent supporters: Sarah Palin, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and radio voice Sean Hannity.
But it also infuriated many others, and the network was forced to beef up security at its Manhattan offices in the wake of some violent threats against the 67-year-old duck call king.
A network official declined to comment specifically about the security at A&E.
The network’s schedule for Christmas week re- mains loaded with “Duck Dynasty” episodes — including at least two seven-hour marathons. An insider said company brass have not proposed canceling the show or limiting how many episodes will run.
“There’s no reason to punish the rest of the family,” an A&E source told the Daily News.
“Duck Dynasty” is slated to resume its regular airings in mid-January. Nine of next year’s 10 episodes are already in the can, with shooting for the last one still three months away.
Network brass are hoping the hubbub will die down soon and have no plans to cancel their cash cow before the show resumes, said a source close to the situation.
Robertson earns an estimated $200,000 per episode for the program, which drew a staggering
ON WEDNESDAY I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me.
IN VIDEO REVEALED FRIDAY (Gay people) are full of murder, envy, strife, hatred ... They bow down to birds, animals and reptiles ... the first thing you see coming out of them is gross sexual immorality.
11.8 million viewers for its fourth season premiere.
The Monroe, La.-based clan, after issuing a Thursday statement supporting Robertson, offered no additional comment Friday as the controversy continued.
Their initial remarks showed no inclination toward finding a middle ground.
“We are disappointed that Phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith, which is his constitutionally protected right,” the family said.
The Robertsons’ statement was just as blunt about the next step: No Phil, no future.
It was the first sign of quacks in their relationship with A&E — which holds an exclusive rights contract with Robertson, his brother Pi and his sons Willie, Jase and Jep.
“They’re an extremely tight-knit family and they’re not going to let this get in the way," a source close to the family told E! News.
Former CNN and Fox News host Glenn Beck k has already offered the family a spot on his fledgging, right-leaning radio network The Blaze.
“May I suggest: Make your stand,” ” advised Beck on his program. “You u will never have a better chance. And d quite honestly, you’re our best shot t as people.”
An Illinois congressional candi- date upped the ante in a bizarre e statement comparing Robertson n with civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. . “What Parks did was courageous,” declared d Republican Ian Bayne, who describes himself as “a devoted Christian.”
“What Mr. Robertson did was courageous too.”