US News & World Report by Steven Nelson December 27, 2013
A sizeable part of the American conservative movement is enraged by A&E's decision to put "Duck Dynasty" co-star Phil Robertson on leave from filming after he colorfully denounced homosexuality, leaving gay conservatives in an uncomfortable position.
Basing his tirade on his religious beliefs, the reality TV star vividly described gay sex and labeled it a sin in an interview published Dec. 17 on GQ magazine's website.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013
ZitatBut Michael Lucas, a self-identified conservative who owns one of the country's largest gay pornography companies, Lucas Entertainment, says Americans shouldn't tolerate intolerance.
"He is a religious-fundamentalist bigot, and the world is losing patience with that," Lucas says. "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."