The gay employees that work for A&E, mainly the ones working on the production team for Duck Dynasty, were outraged at being called ‘sinners’ by Phil Robertson and that’s why A&E fired him, according to TMZ:
Phil Robertson disrespected gay employees at A&E … and THAT’S why he was sacked from “Duck Dynasty” … sources connected with the network tell TMZ.
We’re told A&E CEO Nancy Dubuc felt she could not in good conscience ask gay employees to kill themselves for a show when he disrespected them by calling them sinners.
Our sources say … gay employees involved in the production — and there are a number of them — were outraged by Phil’s comments to GQ and wanted Dubuc to give him the ax.
We’re told Dubuc felt this way … If Phil had made similar comments about African Americans or Jews … there would have been a public outcry for his head. She felt it was just plain wrong not to have the same sense of indignation when the comments were directed at gays.
Our sources say GLAAD was heavily involved in lobbying the network to 86 Phil, and they had an impact.
Okay Phil would have NEVER made similar comments about African Americans or Jews….because he’s not a racist. This is exactly what’s wrong with these people, that they equate a behavior (homosexuality) with a person’s skin color or race. They are COMPLETELY different. Just because some people can’t explain same-sex attraction and attribute it to being that way from birth, that doesn’t mean it isn’t still a behavior. A person can’t do anything realistic about their skin color without destroying their bodies. But a person who thinks they are gay or straight doesn’t have to partake in that behavior. Nuns and priests do it all. the. time. So to suggest a correlation between the two is absurd.
As far as gay employees being outraged at homosexuality being called a sin, grow a pair. Get over it. Phil has the right to his opinion and shouldn’t be punished for it, just like he didn’t punish A&E for having gay employees working on Duck Dynasty’s production crew. This is America. Deal with it.