Ever since the A&E cable television network suspended Duck Dynasty paterfamilias and resident philosopher Phil Robertson over his announced scripture-based views of homosexuality, and the subsequent revelation about his somewhat less than progressive observations of pre-Civil Rights era African American life, the debate has raged. One side wants Mr. Robertson put away for good, while the other has forwarded a petition, now with hundreds of thousands of signatures, decrying A&E’s censorship and either supporting his views or at least defending his right to spout them.
Perhaps it is coincidental, but it seems that a lot of the folks who support a broad interpretation of the Second Amendment (including duck hunters, one might surmise) are now insisting on upholding Robertson’s First Amendment rights to say what he wants.
So let’s just take a peak at those hallowed words: