Roasted Duck Well Done

Phil Robertson

Many folks will hail the decision by cable TV colossus A&E to reinstate Phil Robertson to its popular show Duck Dynasty as a victory for conservatism over secularism.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. The only reason why Robertson was reinstated was because A&E stood to lose millions of dollars in revenue with the cancellation of the show.

And so, even in an industry controlled by godless leftists who abhor all things Christian, money still ultimately wins out. Robertson and his family, who are undoubtedly looked down upon by media elites as uneducated hillbillies, were just too valuable to lose.

Thus, to the chagrin of humanists who want to eradicate fundamental Christianity from America's landscape, Duck Dynasty lives on for the time being.

But you can be sure that if Duck Dynasty was a show with marginal ratings, it would've been permanently banished from the airwaves after Robertson criticized the homosexual lifestyle via the bible in an interview he gave to GQ magazine. 

For the record, here's the scripture Robertson quoted that ignited the controversy: "Or do you not know that evildoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men  nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

Robertson also shared a somewhat crude opinion of his preference for female sexual anatomy over the anatomy that homosexuals derive their sexual pleasure from. 

For that, Robertson was branded a homophobe. That logically means that anyone who publicly recommends conventional intercourse over the homosexual variety should be considered a homophobe.

Robertson was also skewered as a racist for these remarks concerning blacks: "I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks because we're white trash. We're going across the field--they're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people--not a word. Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues."

No one with a functional brain would've interpreted that as a racist remark. Nevertheless, America's godless left was somehow offended by it and trotted out loyal puppet Jesse Jackson, the phony reverend who condemned Robertson's remarks as classic Jim Crow.

You might remember Jackson. He was the "clergyman" who counseled President Bill Clinton back in the 1990s when Clinton had great difficulty keeping a certain part of his anatomy in his pants.

It turns out that during the time that he served as Clinton's sex-abstinence counselor, the "reverend" was indulging in a bit of his own non-homosexual intercourse that resulted in a love-child out of wedlock.

No matter. Being a loyal member of America's secular-progressive culture means never having to be held accountable by that culture for the things that destroy the careers of conservative Christians such as Phil Robertson.

For now, A&E's favorite duck has dodged the proverbial bullet. However, you can be sure that America's godless tolerance police will look for another opportunity to shoot him and his popular show down again. Since Robertson's a professing Christian, he's their mortal enemy.

And, according to Jesus Christ who predicted this sort of animus against His followers nearly 2,000 years ago: "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." (John 15:18-19)