what s right for their brand. so i think there s a bit of hypocrisy going on here. in the words of gomer pyle, surprise, surprise, surprise. they re going to use this to drum up their bases. the unfortunate thing about all of this is we are trumpeting this as a first amendment issue when it couldn t be anything further from that. no one has a constitutional right to a reality show or a paycheck or anything else. free speech is when you get out on the street corner and you can say something without consequence or without losing without government condemnation. that s not at play here. this is a private enterprise doing what they believe is best for them. jimmy, rush limbaugh said that nothing this duck dynasty is that he is the one being discriminated against. listen to this. who is being discriminated against here except phil robertson? who just lost a job?
here, he talks about different sins. they won t inherit the kingdom of god. believe extramarital sex and homosexuality sex is a sin. that s their religious belief. excuse me? that s not what all christians believe. and it s time for conservatives to stop using religion to justify mean spirited attacks. joining me now are goldie taylor and jimmy williams. thank you both for your time tonight. thank you. good evening, reverend. goldie, let me rush to you. these right wingers really want homophobia and duck dynasty to be the new face of the gop? i think it s quite interesting that, you know, we are claiming or they are claiming that religious liberty is at stake in terms of, say, affording the woman a right to get birth control pills through her health insurance with her corporate employer, but at the same time a & e does not have the moral authority to decide
person. 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. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say. were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. and went on to talk about happier under jim crow. and again, the argument is not his right to say it. the argument is that as you say working for a private enterprise, if you say it, they have the right to say this can t represent that enterprise. well, that s exactly right. we as viewers and i happen to have been a viewer of duck dynasty up until now. the idea that phil or si or any of the others on the show may hold views like this is not a surprise to me. i think i watch it because i want to see another part of our culture. another segment of our society and understand how they live, work, and play. and quite frankly i ve seen a few things on the show i identified with. one of the people on the show,
we re talking about drug dealers. we re not talking about major distributors. the president would never pardon anybody who fell in that. we ve got to save our prison space for the most hardened violent criminals. so this is a step in the right direction. there s no question. any time you level out the system and make it more fair, it s a step in the right direction. nobody should think that president obama is in any way, shape, or form condoning real hardened drug dealing. congressman bobby scott and governor ed rendell, thank you both for your time tonight. thank you. coming up, the duck dynasty star suspended after anti-gay and racially charged remarks. but the right wing is out in force defending him.
christianity to say that s hateful and wrong. but he doesn t have the right to earn a paycheck to spew hate like rush limbaugh. i don t like punching down. i think punching down when someone is below you like that is beneath you. i don t think that s worth it. but what i will say is this. i duck hunt. and if mr. robertson would like to go duck hunting with this sissy, i m happy to sit in a duck blind with him and hunt with him. i guarantee you i ll shoot just as many ducks as he will and i m gay. we ll film it if you let us. i m coming. let me raise another question, goldie, before you go off on the duck hunting with these two. the duck dynasty star also raised many eyebrows with what he said about race. growing up in louisiana in the jim crow era. and quote this is what he said i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black