by: Allen Domelle
Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the Duck Dynasty show, was suspended indefinitely for anti-gay remarks he made in an interview with GQ magazine. A&E, the network that hosts the show, issued a statement to USA Today, “We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty.” “His personal views in no way reflect those of A&E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely.”
In the interview with GQ magazine, Robertson simply explained his beliefs on sodomy. When reading his comments, he simply pointed out how unseemly sodomy is. He claims to be a Christian, and points out that his beliefs come from the Bible.
Though I am personally not endorsing the star or his program, it is troubling how someone can simply state their personal beliefs that go against the controlled media, and he loses his job.
Make no mistake, this has nothing to do with infringing on the free speech of sodomites. Though the news media and liberals alike want to say this goes against what the American people want, this is a farce. They don’t want free speech, they want controlled speech!
President Obama on Wednesday revealed that he would send a group of sodomite athletes as representatives for the United States in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia, which many believe is a jab at Russia’s recent anti-gay laws. Where are the calls from the news media for the President to retract his endorsement of this lifestyle?
On Wednesday’s edition of ESPN’s Around the Horn, Bill Plaschke, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, applauded the President’s decision to send a sodomite delegation to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics. Where are the calls for his job?
This is more than a free speech issue, it is a Gospel issue. If we lose free speech in America, then we will lose the right to freely preach and spread the Gospel. The controlled speech crowd will not stop with silencing anti-sodomy speech, but they will try to silence any person from saying anything against sinful lifestyles. They will not stop until it is illegal to preach that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven. Make no mistake, their agenda is to silence the Scriptures.
If Christians silently sit by while our freedoms are eroded by the controlled speech crowd, there will be a day when preachers will not be able to preach what the Scriptures teach. This issue is not about free speech, but it is about controlling what we say. Leviticus 18:22 makes it very clear what God thinks about sodomy when it says, “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” If the controlled speech crowd have their way, preachers will no longer be able to preach against sodomy without the threat of going to prison.
Friend, when a society makes sodomy an accepted lifestyle, then that society is showing its depravity. It’s amazing that we are the only society since Sodom and Gomorrah to freely accept the sodomite lifestyle. There are those who say we are an enlightened society, but I contend we are a darkened society.
Animals have more common sense than our society. You don’t see male animals chasing other male animals. As the Book of Romans says, it is “unseemly.” For “educated” people to push this lifestyle and indefinitely suspend a man for saying the truth only reveals their true agenda is controlled speech.
John 8:32 says, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Free speech is at the core of freedom. When truth is silenced, freedom will be squelched. I encourage every reader to not only make your beliefs known that you are against this controlled speech agenda, but I also encourage you to let your opinion be known to the A&E network.
Though I am not endorsing the program, I am endorsing free speech. If we lose the freedoms to say what we believe, then the controlled speech crowd will continue to silence anything that will hinder their abominable lifestyles.
Allen Domelle is the editor of the Old Paths Journal which is more than just a Christian’s publication. It is an excellent place to learn how today’s headlines will forge tomorrow’s laws and statutes. Keep yourself in tune with what is happening around the world, as well as in your own backyard with our daily updates and devotionals.