Duck Dynasty’s outspoken patriarch, Phil Robertson, said during a recent Christian radio show with Family Research Council head Tony Perkins that AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are God’s way of imposing consequences for sin on gays.
“God says, ’One woman, one man,’ and everyone says, ’Oh, that’s old hat, that’s that old Bible stuff,’” Mr. Robertson said, the Daily Mail reported. “But I’m thinking, well let’s see now. A clean guy — a disease-free guy and a disease-free woman — they marry and they keep their sex between the two of them. They’re not going to get chlamydia, and gonorrhea and syphilis and AIDS. it’s safe.”
Mr. Robertson was on the radio show as part of promoting his new book, “unPHILtered: The Way I See It.”
“To me, either it’s the wildest coincidence ever that horrible diseases follow immortal conduct or, it’s God saying, ’There’s a penalty for that kind of conduct.’ I’m leaning towards there’s a penalty toward it.”
Mr. Robertson was briefly removed from the hit reality TV series “Duck Dynasty” after quoting the Bible to support his view that homosexuality — as well as several other listed immoral behaviors, from idolatry to slandering — is a sin, during an interview with GQ. Following threats from his family members to leave the show, too, A&E announced Mr. Robertson was welcome to return.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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