Phil Robertson breaks it to them
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I doubt the show would have suspended him if he just said he disagreed with homosexuality. But when you compare gay sex to bestiality, or say that being gay is just a gateway to being a horrible person, you've gone from just plainly speaking your beliefs to being blatantly offensive. And sure, he has a right to state his beliefs, no one is questioning that...but if a television station affiliated with his show prefers to no longer associate themselves with his offensive remarks, then that is their right. Like Rick said, if they want to go find another channel to put their show on, then they can do that.I guess its ok to say things about adulterers and swingers, but not Gays.
So much for freedom of expression.
That's the part that bugs me. And nobody's making an issue out of this. What Phil said regarding blacks being better off under Jim Crow laws is just plain ignorant to say. It reminds me of what I heard that slaveholders said about slaves being better off as slaves in America, than being free men in Africa. It's an opinion based on Phil's age, and his upbringing as a white man in the south.Ivellious wrote:
Not to mention, this guy wasn't just suspended for his anti-gay remarks...he made a fool of himself by insinuating that African Americans were better off when they were living under racist laws:
Well...maybe. What happens when a black African and the news agency that hires him says that things were better under the old regime? In our politically-correct world, It isn't always good to come out and tell it like it is.RickD wrote:It's an opinion based on Phil's age, and his upbringing as a white man in the south.
In this portion of his quoted statements, Phil merely paraphrased what the Bible says. And so their real venom and anger is about God's Word - which they view as prejudiced, hateful superstition writings of mere mortals. They hate that the Bible states who is and who isn't going to heaven - and that it doesn't allow for people just living the way they want to without severe eternal consequences. Phil even lumped his own pre-saved, promiscuous self with those who will not inherit heaven. He was just saying what he knew from Scripture, that all people living unrepentant, unbelieving, God/Jesus-dishonoring, disobedient lives, just as his once was, will not go to heaven. He was asked what he thought and he told them.But when you compare gay sex to bestiality, or say that being gay is just a gateway to being a horrible person, you've gone from just plainly speaking your beliefs to being blatantly offensive.
Ivellious wrote:I doubt the show would have suspended him if he just said he disagreed with homosexuality. But when you compare gay sex to bestiality, or say that being gay is just a gateway to being a horrible person, you've gone from just plainly speaking your beliefs to being blatantly offensive. And sure, he has a right to state his beliefs, no one is questioning that...but if a television station affiliated with his show prefers to no longer associate themselves with his offensive remarks, then that is their right. Like Rick said, if they want to go find another channel to put their show on, then they can do that.I guess its ok to say things about adulterers and swingers, but not Gays.
So much for freedom of expression.
Not to mention, this guy wasn't just suspended for his anti-gay remarks...he made a fool of himself by insinuating that African Americans were better off when they were living under racist laws:
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And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue
And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue