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Related: About this forumLGBT conservatives divided over ‘Duck Dynasty’
By David Ferguson
Saturday, December 28, 2013 14:57 EST
LGBT people who identify as conservative and are finding themselves divided over the flap surrounding Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertsons controversial remarks about same sex attraction and African-American civil rights. According to USA Today, prominent gay conservatives have very different takes on the issue.
Robertson set off a firestorm of controversy when he opined to GQ magazine reporter Drew Magary that same sex attractions are a sin and thats not logical, my man.
It seems like, to me, a vaginaas a manwould be more desirable than a mans anus, he said. Thats just me. Im just thinking: Theres more there! Shes got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what Im saying?
Robertson was very briefly suspended by A&E, the network that carries Duck Dynasty, but on Friday, the network announced that season 5 of the program will go forward as planned with Robertsons participation.
The knee jerk reaction of some on the right to actually defend this kind of ugliness is yet another reminder of just how out of touch these folks are with where America is and where America is going, said Chris Barron of GOProud to USA Today.
Robertson wasnt quoting from the Bible, Barron continued, he went on a vulgar and bigoted anti-gay rant.
Richard Grenell, who briefly worked for the campaign to elect former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) to the presidency in 2012 before anti-LGBT activists had him drummed out, told the paper, The self-appointed gay leaderships reaction to a reality show stars personal religious views was troubling.
Gay Americans value free speech, he said, dont demand that everyone think like they do and arent nearly as thin-skinned as the so-called gay leadership. Tolerance means you are OK with people thinking differently than you do. Sadly, liberal intolerance is on the rise.
Michael Lucas, the conservative owner of gay adult entertainment company Lucas Entertainment, said that Robertson deserved the backlash.
He is a religious-fundamentalist bigot, and the world is losing patience with that, Lucas said to USA Todays Steven Nelson. In Afghanistan he would be fighting for the Taliban. In Russia he would be pulling the roof off gay clubs. We should not feel obliged to make room for this person in American popular culture.
Lucas grew up in the Soviet Union and has a very different perspective on the limits of free speech than many Americans.
Phil Robertson is not being put in jail; he is just being taken off a TV show for a while, Lucas says. This is not a government action, so the First Amendment is not in play.
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LGBT conservatives divided over ‘Duck Dynasty’ (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2013
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pinto
(106,886 posts)1. Have never seen the program and like many I thought it was a cartoon. Turns out it is.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)2. Poor them.
I'd suggest that conservative LGBTers have had a lot of time to ponder this conflict between conservatism and LGBT issues. If they've made peace with it, then so be it. But, to me it is reprehensible at best.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)3. Wanting equality but voting for people who will never give it to you.
If that isn't purgatory, I don't know what is.
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)4. Maybe that's Hell?
They always say we're heading there, but apparently it's just the conservative ones.