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# _Duck Dynasty_ Star Isn't Sorry for Anti-Gay Remarks

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## Video: In Easter Sermon, ‘Duck Dynasty’s’ Robertson Goes Anti-Gay Again

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_Published 2014-05-23. “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson created more controversy with his Easter Sunday sermon, now going viral. The month-old speech at Robertson’s hometown church caught attention online when TMZ posted a clip of it Thursday._


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May 23, 2014 9:33 PM UTC

_Duck Dynasty_ star Phil Robertson has stirred up more controversy with a newly-released Easter Sunday sermon, which went viral after [TMZ posted a clip](http://www.tmz.com/2014/05/22/duck-dynasty-star-phil-robertson-gays-homosexuality-sin-sermon-video/) of it on Thursday.

In the new video, Robertson addresses the public uproar that ensued after he [called homosexuality a sin](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-star-suspended-for-anti-gay-remarks/) in a magazine interview last December. Nearly four months after he was briefly suspended for the comments, he had this to say about his critics: “…instead of acknowledging their sin, like you had better do, they railed against me for giving ’em the truth about their sins. Don’t deceive yourselves.” Robertson also scoffed at the media for not knowing the bible.

Last December, Robertson was suspended from his A&E show after he infamously compared homosexuality to beastialty in an interview [with GQ magazine](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/19/watch-duck-dynasty-star-make-anti-gay-comments-and-get-suspended-for-it/). In that interview he also claimed that blacks were happier before the civil rights movement. He returned for the show’s fifth season, but _Duck Dynasty_ suffered a major ratings dip.

_Duck Dynasty_’s sixth season premieres on June 11th.


## Transcript

Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson creates more controversy with his Easter Sunday sermon now going viral. Neither the sexually immoral, nor the idolaters, nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves, nor greed, nor drunkard, nor swindlers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God. That month old speech at Robertson's hometown church caught attention when TMZ posted a clip of it Thursday. The site says the reality star went on to scoff at the media for not knowing the Bible, and for criticizing previous comments he made to GQ. Back in December, Robertson infamously blasted homosexuality in the men's magazine comparing it to bestiality.

He also claims that African Americans were happier pre- Civil Rights Movement and that the world and was too accepting of sin. Those comments got Robertson suspended from his family's hit A & E series. Fan backlash prompted the network to reinstate the star, but the damage was seemingly done. The one time number one cable show saw a major ratings dip when it's fifth season premiered just a few weeks after those comments from Robertson went viral. The show went from bringing in 15 million viewers a week to less than five million. And these new comments could play out similarly. They come just weeks before Duck Dynasty is set to premiere its sixth season on June 11th.

So far A & E has declined to comment on Robertson's latest remarks. Thanks for watching. I'm Lauren Zima.

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