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  • Sadie Robertson Wore Denim Skirt to Pad Against Phil Robertson’s Spankings

    Sadie Robertson, the Duck Dynasty scion who seems to have risen above her raisin’, has a new ad campaign out. The daughter of Phil Robertson turned heads on the catwalk already and has now been chosen as the face and body for Wild Blue Denim’s holiday and spring ad campaigns.

    Talking with People Magazine about her experience wearing denim, Sadie Robertson came from a different angle than most models do. When asked to relate a “denim disaster” she had, Robertson did not share a story about being caught in a socially-embarrasing situation wearing dress-down denim while everyone else was in pantsuits or dresses. She related a tale that you might more expect from someone whose father is a polarizing figure who preaches his own blend of folk homophobia.

    “My denim disaster actually turned into me being very thankful for denim!” Sadie Robertson relates. “I had gotten in trouble one day when I was little for punching my brother, and my dad said when we get home I was going to get a spanking. I ran, and put on my denim dress so I wouldn’t feel it and it actually worked! I didn’t feel a thing so I had to fake cry. I started acting at a young age.”

    So, she was about to get a whipping, and used tough denim — a denim skirt, no less — to pad herself against the blows delivered by the Duck Commander himself. Whatever works. With that on her résumé, she’s a natural to pitch denim products. She even has her own technique for getting her jeans to fit right.

    “The way I stretch my jeans is kind of unique, I guess. I lay out which pair I am going to wear the next day and stuff them with a pillow so they stretch. I don’t know if it actually works, but I have always done it.”

    Sadie Robertson says she is on board with Wild Blue because “their message is to encourage every girl to feel confident in who they are, and that’s a large part of my message that I share: to live original, meaning to be confident in the person you are created to be,”

    you make me smile so big I have a double chin, but that's okay because double the chin double the love. 9.6.15

    A photo posted by Sadie Robertson (@legitsadierob) on

  • Phil Robertson: Is He Reason ‘Duck Dynasty’ Musical is Closing Early?

    Phil Robertson–Duck Dynasty patriarch–is known for some very controversial comments in recent months. Might that be at least partly to blame for the Las Vegas musical based on the Robertson family and their Duck Commander business to close early?

    The Duck Commander Musical was expected to run through June, but now is closing on May 17th instead–meaning it only saw about a month on the stage. Reports of weak ticket sales are the concrete reason behind the show closing early, but is Phil Robertson to blame as well?

    Phil Robertson has become the poster-child of sorts of anti-gay comments in the United States in the past couple of years. His family has firmly stood behind all of his remarks.

    The Duck Commander Musical is based on the 2012 book The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty by Phil Robertson’s son and daughter-in-law, Willie and Korie Robertson. The show features original songs, and was produced in part by the Dodgers, the New York theatrical team behind Jersey Boys and Matilda the Musical.

    Do you expect Phil Robertson will take the blame for the Duck Dynasty musical closing early? Was he even supportive of the show in the first place? He was a no-show at the musical’s premiere.

    A production rep issued the following statement regarding the closing of the Duck Dynasty musical.

    “The production is thrilled to have had the opportunity to develop the Duck Commander Musical at the Rio. Much has been learned from this limited engagement, and from the great support from everyone who has come to see this first staging of this completely new musical. Duck Commander will now consider several possible opportunities for the next stage in the life of the show, including extended sit-down engagements in interested cities, as well as a national tour.”

  • Phil Robertson: Wife Miss Kay Talks ‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch

    Phil Robertson is a little ‘rough around the edges.’ At least that’s what his wife, Duck Dynasty matriarch Miss Kay said during a recent interview with Fox411. The mother and wife of the Duck Commander crew is promoting a new cookbook and appeared on the show for that purpose. The conversation, however, turned to Phil.

    When the talk turned to Phil Robertson and some of the speeches he’s made lately, Miss Kay came to her husband’s defense–sort of. She was asked if she reviews any of these speeches before he gives them.

    “No, Phil’s kind of his own man. And really things come to him, he never has notes, never. I will give him suggestions of things that I like. I love when he does things from the old presidents. I enjoy that, I always did love history. And I’ll tell him what I like and what I don’t like. I’ll do that quite often as a wife usually does to a husband,” she said.

    She admits to occasionally being surprised at some of the things the Duck Dynasty patriarch says–and has even uttered the words, ‘I can’t believe you said that!’ on more than one occasion.

    “I’m not scared of him,” Miss Kay said. “But I also love him and appreciate what he’s trying to do and I think most people don’t realize he really is trying to help. Sometimes I think he doesn’t get it out exactly right but yes his heart is good and he’s trying to be helpful even though it might sound different to other people.”

    Do you think Kay Robertson is making excuses for Phil Robertson? Or is her situation like a lot of women in the south–she’s been married a long time and learns to consider her words carefully in order to keep peace?

    On the upside, Miss Kay says she isn’t the only cook in her marriage. Yes, Phil Robertson occasionally cooks, too.

    “I’m so proud of my husband,” she said. “People don’t realize that he’ll step up to the plate and totally cook if I’ve given up. He does hamburgers, a lot of grilling, an old-time jambalaya. He can do a mean fried chicken, he does a fried steak with wild gravy. He’s good and he doesn’t mind it. In fact since I’ve been on the phone for most of the day with interviews he’s going to cook for me when I stop, he’s already told me.”

    “People don’t see that. They just see the rugged, outspoken man but you know what? There’s a lot of sweetness there too,” Miss Kay adds.

    Does this sound like the same Phil Robertson–the one who stars on Duck Dynasty on A&E?

    You can check out Kay Robertson’s cookbook by picking up a copy of Duck Commander Kitchen Presents Celebrating Family and Friends: Recipes for Every Month of the Year.

  • Phil Robertson a No-Show at Duck Dynasty Musical Premiere at Casino

    Phil Robertson must carefully pick and choose where he shows his face. While the rest of his family turned out for the opening of a Vegas musical production based on the family, Phil Robertson may have decided that a room full of theatre types just wasn’t going to be very welcoming for him.

    The Duck Commander Musical, put on by several well-known Broadway backers, including the group behind “Jersey Boys,” premiered Wednesday at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino. The music production haas been described as alternating “between something akin to a live-action commercial celebrating the family business to a mostly cheery singing and dancing scrapbook of their tight-knit journey.”

    While some of the production sounds like Hee Haw-style fare, including fart jokes from Uncle Si, there are songs. Most are sincere message material with lines such as “there’s no time for rest, this is my quest,” and “be yourself in camouflage.”

    But there is a big, “happy” number complete with sequins and high-kicking dancers. Talk about your juxtapositions. Maybe there is a joke here at the expense of Phil Robertson, et al: a musical production, with “French Mistake”-esque numbers, held in a casino — yet all about a man who is outspoken in his disdain for gay people.

    Then again, Willie Robertson and his wife Korie were heavily involved in the production.

    “We had a lot of involvement with it in the direction, especially the tone and how it went,” Willie Robertson told the Christian Broadcasting Network.

    “[Faith] is the most important thing in our lives, in everything we do from the TV show to our books to the musical –we want that to be first and foremost,” Korie said.

    “So the very first song is called ‘Faith, Food and Family’ it starts out talking about what’s important to our family. You see it all the way through with the decisions we make and when we go to God in prayer through out all of it. The musical is not preachy at all.”

    “Hopefully, we give glory and honor to God in all that we do – in the decisions we make and the way we live our lives and the way we try to shine our light and I think that comes through in the musical,” Korie added.

    It is an odd pairing. But if it gets the fanbase of Duck Dynasty into a casino in plain view of the rest of their friends, it may be onto something.

  • Phil Robertson ‘Rape’ Backlash: Freedom of Speech Violation?

    Phil Robertson recently used a “parable” at a prayer breakfast that left some people shocked and offended.

    As featured speaker at the prayer breakfast, Phil Robertson mused about how an atheist might feel if his “little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters” were raped and killed in front of him, then his penis was cut off and shown to him. Might he realize that there should be some diety-given standard for right and wrong that people should adhere to?

    Predictably, Phil Robertson caught hell over what he said. Even some Conservatives decided they had heard enough from this guy and did not want him to represent them any longer.

    “Phil Robertson is an embarrassment, not a hero,” Katherine Timpf wrote in The National Review, “and the socially conservative movement needs to distance itself from him immediately.”

    But Robertson fans and supporters quickly took to an age-old argument. It is the same argument that was trotted out when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut.

    Phil Robertson’s free speech rights are being violated!

    Katherine Timpf answered that succinctly.

    Again, Timpf is a Conservative. She built her career and reputation on reporting from college campuses about the marginalization of young Conservatives. But she is tired of seeing the Conservative brand dragged through the mud because of people like Phil Robertson.

    But if Phil Robertson fans went after a Conservative for calling out their Duck Commander, you can imagine how they went after Huffington Post and Salon for remarks like these:

    “That the Duck Dynasty clan leader has a national platform upon which to spew bullshit is basically an indictment of our whole society.”

    “Robertson is a fearmonger who is preying upon people’s suspicion of the many atheists who live in the United States… Robertson’s words are ugly and ignorant, and the organizers, and all those who applauded him at the Prayer Breakfast in Vero Beach should be ashamed of themselves.”

    Timpf isn’t the only person to know and call out the difference between Constitutionally-guaranteed freedom from prosecution for non-slanderous speech and non-Constututionally-guaranteed freedom from ridicule for saying something stupid.

    As Timpf points out, even if Phil Robertson is boycotted to the point of losing his show, there is nothing unconstitutional about it.

  • Phil Robertson ‘Rape’ Comments Now Catch Hell from Republicans

    Maybe Phil Robertson has finally gone too far.

    At a recent prayer breakfast, Phil Robertson told a now-viral story about a theoretical “atheist” and his “little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters” wherein the daughters are raped and killed, the wife is raped and decapitated, and the man’s genitals are cut off.

    When the predictable outcry came, some conservative media sources defended Phil Robertson, saying that he was just trying to prove a point.

    “He is using an extreme scenario to drive home an important point about right and wrong, and where the notion of moral relativism can ultimately lead. Robertson is telling a parable, a graphic parable, but still a parable using shock value as a way to bring home a perfectly valid point about a Godless world in which there is no Ten Commandments and by extension no basis to judge right from wrong.”

    But not everyone in the Conservative camp is willing to back the Duck Commander up on this one. In fact, some say it’s time to cut Phil Robertson loose.

    Writing for the iconic Conservative outlet The National Review, commentator and comedian Katherine Timpf titled a recent piece: “Stop Defending Phil Robertson — You’re Embarrassing Yourself”

    “Phil Robertson is an embarrassment, not a hero,” Timpf writes, “and the socially conservative movement needs to distance itself from him immediately. … Phil Robertson is an ignorant buffoon, and that many of his comments — despite the fact that he does have every right to make them — are not ones that anyone should ever want to be associated with.”

    Timpf commonly writes on topics related to sexism, racism, and environmentalism for The National Review. Her material often ridicules over-sensitivity and rampant political correctness, like her lampooning of colleges for cracking down on themed parties for fear of offending some people:

    “Come on. This is 2015. We need to be vetting even the most seemingly innocuous things for the possibility that something about them might be offensive so we don’t ever hurt someone’s feelings. Only then will the world be a better and more fun place for everyone.”

    But even a “get over it and grow up” crusader like Timpf thinks that Phil Robertson is just bad news for Conservatism.

    “Do you really want a dude who is going to publicly ruminate about the gruesome rape, murder, and castration of a man and his ‘little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters’ to be an official face of your #brand? And he is an official face. He spoke at this year’s CPAC, where he also received a free-speech award named after conservative legend Andrew Breitbart.”

    Timpf nailed what the rest of the world is saying about Phil Robertson’s comments in a single sentence.:

    “His detailed hypothetical about the brutal rape, murder, and castration of an atheist family was disturbing, and his underlying point that only a Christian could understand why these activities were wrong was ignorant.”

    As expected, her comments are not going over well with Phil Robertson’s fans and defenders. Phrases like “freedom of speech” and “Constitutional rights” are being tossed around. Timpf has no problem answering that.

    Here is the full Phil Robertson “parable,” in case you missed it.

    “Two guys break into an atheist’s home. He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot ’em. And they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him. And they can look at him and say, ‘Isn’t it great that I don’t have to worry about being judged? Isn’t it great that there’s nothing wrong with this? There’s no right or wrong, now is it dude?’ ”

    “Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be something if this was something wrong with this? But you’re the one who says there is no God, there’s no right, there’s no wrong, so we’re just having fun. We’re sick in the head. Have a nice day.’ If it happened to them, they probably would say, ‘Something about this just ain’t right.’ “

  • Phil Robertson: ‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch Launches Bizarre Anti-Atheist Rant

    Phil Robertson has done it again. The Duck Dynasty patriarch launched into another bizarre rant that has even more people than before wondering what–if anything–is in his head.

    Robertson was in Florida Friday at a prayer breakfast when he shared a speech on those who don’t believe in God.

    “Two guys break into an atheist’s home,” Phil Robertson began. “He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot ’em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him. And they can look at him and say, ‘Isn’t it great that I don’t have to worry about being judged? Isn’t it great that there’s nothing wrong with this? There’s no right or wrong, now is it dude?’

    “Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be something if this was something wrong with this? But you’re the one who says there is no God, there’s no right, there’s no wrong, so we’re just having fun. We’re sick in the head, have a nice day.’

    “If it happened to them, they probably would say, ‘Something about this just ain’t right.’”

    Representatives for Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty were contacted by FOX411 for a comment, but neither has replied.

    This isn’t the first time the Duck Dynasty star has caused controversy. A remark about homosexuality got him suspended from A&E, although they reinstated him shortly thereafter. Surely everyone is entitled to free speech, but the head of the Duck Commander business has a tendency to take things a bit too far.

    The seventh season of Duck Dynasty wrapped airing in February. Do you expect Phil Robertson will get himself in more trouble before the eighth season premieres?

  • Phil Robertson Blames The Beatniks And The Hippies For STDs, Receives Award From Conservative Group

    Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson is at it again. Robertson has been in hot water in the past because of his controversial views on race and homosexuality. While mainstream media has chastised him for his comments, it turned him into a conservative folk hero of sorts. Robertson was given the “Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award” at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on February 27. When the Duck Dynasty patriarch took to the stage to receive the award, he went on a tirade about everything from STDs to the Islamic State.

    “I don’t want you, America, to get sick,” Robertson said. “You’re disease-free, and she’s disease-free — you marry, you keep your sex right there. You won’t get sick from a sexually transmitted disease.” He adds, “There is a penalty to be paid from what the beatniks, and it morphed into the hippies — you say, what do you call the 110 million with the sexually transmitted illness? It is the revenge of the hippies! Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll have come back to haunt us in a bad way.”

    The main gist of his message seems to be that Americans should marry their sexual partners and abstain from having sex outside of marriage. “You want a godly, biblical, medically safe option? One man, one woman — married for life,” he said. “I’m trying to help you for crying out loud, America! If I didn’t care about you, why would I bring this up? I wouldn’t care!”

    Robertson also went off on a bizarre tangent where he compared the Islamic State to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. According to Robertson, all three wanted territorial conquest, killed people, and didn’t believe in Jesus. “Some people studied the Constitution to uphold it. But there are some who study it so that they can circumvent it, right? Stand on the Bible. Stand on the Constitution. Don’t budge. Hold onto your weapons,” Robertson said.

  • Phil Robertson Talks Bible And STDs At CPAC

    Phil Robertson gave an amazingly colorful speech at Friday’s CPAC.

    Phil Robertson is famous for unapologetically saying whatever is on his mind and riding the backlash like a boss.

    At Friday’s conservative gathering, Phil Robertson had a lot of interesting things to say.

    Phil Robertson said things like, “You say, ‘What do you call the 110 million people who have sexually transmitted illnesses?’ It’s the revenge of the hippies! Sex, drugs, and rock and roll have come back to haunt us in a bad way. I report you decide.”

    Quite the message, right?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISZ_s0rB0Qk

    Phil Robertson also said, “You want a godly, biblical, medically safe option? One man, one woman, married for life. I’m trying to help you for crying out loud, America! If I didn’t care about you, why would I bring this up? I wouldn’t care!”

    Phil Robertson did, however, give a pretty decent speech on capitalism and what the voters should be looking for in a republican candidate.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFePCCj-rw

    To sum it up, Phil Robertson says that candidate will carry a Bible and won’t necessarily be wearing a suit.

    Phil Robertson also implored the possible candidates in the room to cling to what matters in order to lead the country properly.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an3Zq03b1w0

    He said, “Some people studied the Constitution to uphold it. But there are some who study it so that they can circumvent it, right? Stand on the Bible. Stand on the Constitution. Don’t budge. Hold onto your weapons.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExI8bSpYwk

    Phil Robertson holds the opinion of many a grass roots conservative, but are his views of the next Republican candidate too extreme to be feasible in an actual political campaign?

    What do you think? Is he on point or off his camouflage-colored rocker?

  • Phil Robertson To Receive Free Speech Award

    Phil Robertson, conservative and outspoken patriarch of Duck Dynasty fame, will be rewarded for standing by his faith and comments about the LGBT community.

    The star of the hit A&E show will be given the Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award for free speech.

    Phil Robertson will be given the honor at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

    CPAC is one of the biggest conservative political events of the year.

    Phil Robertson will join last year’s recipient, author and conservative talk show host Mark Levin.

    Phil Robertson made huge waves over a year ago when he made comments about the LGBT community that were seen as exceedingly controversial.

    For example, in case anyone needs reminding, this gem, “It seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a man’s anus. That’s just me. I’m just thinking: There’s more there! She’s got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.”

    A&E indefinitely suspended Phil Robertson from his own show, but reinstated him after a severe backlash from the show’s main fanbase, politcal conservatives.

    After the controvery took its toll on fans and offendees, Phil Robertson still stood behind his beliefs on the matter.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjqccYmx13w

    Citizens United president David Bossie said, “Even when the entire mainstream media demanded he disavow his beliefs and attempted to have him fired from his own hit show for expressing these beliefs, he stood firm in his faith.”

    If you watch the show, you won’t be surprised by Phil Robertson standing behind his statements, as well as his right to freedom of speech.

    Phil Robertson said later of the controversy, “When one does not have the freedom to speak out loud and anywhere what one believes, freedom is dead.”

    What do you think? Should Phil Robertson receive this award?

  • ‘Duck Dynasty,’ The Musical? Only in Vegas

    ‘Duck Dynasty,’ The Musical? Only in Vegas

    Duck Dynasty will soon become a musical in one Las Vegas theater. There will be music and beards and even some dancing as thespians tell the story of the Robertson family–the folks behind Duck Dynasty–the popular show on A&E. The 90-minute show will tell the story of patriarch Phil Robertson and the rags-to-riches tale of the entire family via their Duck Commander business.

    Based on the book by Willie Robertson and wife Corie–The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty–the Duck Dynasty musical will be performed at the Rio Hotel and Casino starting on April 15th.

    Surprisingly, this musical wasn’t put together by a bunch of rinky dink amateurs. In fact, music executive Tommy Mottola and Michael David, producer of Jersey Boys, serve as producers for this Duck Dynasty show.

    “From the moment we began discussing the idea for this production we knew we had something special on our hands. The Robertson family story is both unique and captivating, and will provide great family entertainment and appeal to a wide spectrum of audience,” Tommy Mottola said in a statement about the upcoming musical.

    Willie Robertson says the musical is about ‘redemption.’

    “When we first heard, like the first four songs they played for us, I mean Willie and I cried, like we boohooed like babies,” Corie Robertson said.

    “I had something in my eye,” Willie Robertson replied. “I wasn’t crying.”

    If you’re headed to Las Vegas, you’ll no doubt want to contact the Rio and purchase your tickets for the Duck Dynasty musical in advance. Despite the criticism and the hokey men wearing camouflage and long, scraggly beards, there are lots of people who love the Robertson family. It will be interesting to see if the shows sell out.

    Here’s an interesting aside about this Duck Dynasty musical. Some media outlets are reporting that most of the roles in the show will be played by gay men. How do you suppose Phil Robertson feels about that?

    A ticket to this Duck Dynasty musical will set you back between $49 and $125. There is a Facebook page set up to promote the show.

    Does a musical based on Duck Dynasty sound like a show you’d enjoy attending?

  • Michelle Duggar Aims to Save ’19 Kids and Counting’

    Michelle Duggar and hubby Jim Bob have made news lately by issuing a ‘kissing photo challenge’ on Facebook. They issued a rule about their challenge, saying it must feature married couples kissing. When a gay married couples posted their photos, the 19 Kids and Counting matriarch and patriarch took them down. Some people were outraged by that move and have petitioned for TLC to remove their show from the network–calling them anti-gay. Michelle Duggar is countering their petition, however, in her effort to save 19 Kids and Counting.

    A Change.org petition asks TLC to cancel the show because of anti-LGBT activism and statements made by Michelle Duggar. It has already surpassed the intended goal of 100,000 signatures. A new petition, created by fans of 19 Kids and Counting, has since surpassed 180,000 signatures and was said to be ‘growing fast.’

    Michelle Duggar reportedly has her own petition–separate from the one started by fans–to counter those in favor of canceling the show. Hers is said to have only about 6000 signatures thus far.

    Do you think TLC will really consider canceling 19 Kids and Counting? They let Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame off the hook pretty easily and never canceled that show. What Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar said via their Facebook post wasn’t nearly as volatile as Phil Robertson’s anti-gay comment.

    Will Michelle Duggar’s counter-petition and that of the many 19 Kids and Counting fans who want to save the show, be enough to prevent TLC from considering drastic actions against the Duggar family?

  • Phil Robertson Joins Former Rivals to Help Republicans Take Louisiana

    Phil Robertson may not be your cup of tea. Maybe you don’t like how he carries around a Bible like some kind of totem, and advises young men to marry women who carry one too.

    Maybe you don’t like how he denigrates gay people, wondering aloud how someone could prefer anus over vagina.

    Maybe you don’t like how he reduces the complex issues of gender identity and transexuality to veiled accusatory phrases and bathroom jokes like he did at the “I Stand Sunday” event in Houston.

    “For all you ladies in Texas, trust me when I tell you this, when you’re seated in your restroom putting on your Maybelline, when I need to take a leak I’m not going there,” he said to an approving crowd.

    Maybe Phil Robertson doesn’t know any gay people or transexuals. Maybe if he did, like Dolly Parton does, he wouldn’t talk so flippantly about an issue that is rife with bullying, suicides, and depression.

    Dolly said, “[A]s far as the Christians, if people want to pass judgment, they’re already sinning. The sin of judging is just as bad as any other sin they might say somebody else is committing.”

    But at least you always know where you stand with Phil. He wants this country to seeing the way his “values” sit. He believes that, “bibles and guns brought us here, and bibles and guns will keep us here”.

    Now Robertson is joining Sarah Palin to help shore up support for Rep. Bill Cassidy in his runoff race against Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana.

    Robertson campaigned against Cassidy in the state’s primary, siding instead with his Republican opponent Rob Maness. But in Louisiana, if no one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote on Election Day, the top two vote-getters go head-to-head in a second runoff. Maness only got 14% compared to Cassidy’s 41%. Democrat Mary Landrieu got 42%. So now Cassidy faces Landrieu.

    And that means all hands on deck for the Republicans, with Maness throwing his support behind Cassidy.

    Given the amount of controversy that Robertson has attracted, some are surprised that Cassidy would take his help. But Cassidy needs that far-right element that loves Robertson so much — an element that voted for Maness in the primary — if he is to defeat the Democrat.

    “It seems clear given the ideological stand point of (Maness) supporters and the come-togetherness that they will give their support to Cassidy,” LSU political scientist Robert Hogan said. “Maness wasn’t puling from the middle. The Tea Party is motivated, and they usually vote in elections.”

  • Phil Robertson Speaks Out Against Equal Rights Yet Again

    Phil Robertson is pretty vocal about his political and religious views and this has got him in trouble in the past. Just last year, Robertson’s comments in GQ Magazine got him suspended (albeit briefly) from the reality show Duck Dynasty. In the interview, Robertson compared homosexuality to bestiality and promiscuity. “Everything is blurred on what’s right and what’s wrong. Sin becomes fine,” Robertson told GQ.

    Earlier this year, Robertson was interviewed by the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins for his radio show. It should be noted that Perkins has also spoken against the LGBT community in the past. In the interview, Robertson said that AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases “were God’s punishment for immorality”.

    Just last week, Robertson spoke at an event called “I Stand Sunday” which was organized by the Family Research Council among others. In the event, Robertson talked about his opposition to Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance which aims to extend equal rights protections to gay and transgender residents. The ordinance was passed by Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly gay mayor of any major city.

    “For all you ladies in Texas, trust me when I tell you this, when you’re seated in your restroom putting on your Maybelline, when I need to take a leak I’m not going there,” Robertson said referring to allegations that the ordinance will allow men to enter women’s restrooms.

    It seems Phil isn’t the only Duck Dynasty star who is vocal about his religion. Phil’s eldest son, Alan, has also been outspoken about his beliefs. He recently told CNSNews.com, “Let’s look at human civilization and go back at all the great cultures that rose up, like the Romans or others, and it [sin] just weighs in on itself and it destroys. It becomes such a weighted-down culture in its own seeking of personal pleasure or personal gain, and then it collapsed. It’s happened every time, up to now. Do I think it will happen to America? Absolutely.”

  • Kirk Cameron Hangs With Duggars and Robertsons

    Kirk Cameron has come a long way since his role as Mike Seaver in the 80s-era sitcom Growing Pains. For years after that series was cancelled the young star shunned Hollywood and instead focused on evangelical Christianity. In 2002 Cameron founded The Way of the Master, a Christian evangelical ministry focused on promoting Christianity through media. The actor now stars in Christianity-themed movies such as Fireproof and Unstoppable.

    Cameron’s popularity among evangelicals has made him one of the most recognizable Christians in the U.S. This week Cameron highlighted just how reality TV is bringing his brand of Christianity back into the mainstream of U.S. entertainment.

    Cameron this week revealed that he was invited to the wedding of Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard. Duggar is a member of the large family made famous by the TLC show 19 Kids and Counting.

    In a Facebook post Cameron wrote that he and his daughters flew to Arkansas to attend the couple’s rehearsal dinner and wedding. He expressed his admiration for the couple’s decision to save their first kiss for their wedding day, describing it as “moral excellence and purity.”

    Post by Kirk Cameron.

    In addition to the Duggars, Cameron has enlisted another popular reality show family to help him promote his new movie, Saving Christmas. In another Facebook post Cameron revealed that Duck Dynasty stars Phil and Kay Robertson served Cameron dinner for his 44th birthday.

    Post by Kirk Cameron.

    Saving Christmas is another Christianity-centered movie starring Kirk Cameron. In contrast to the dramas that Cameron has become known for in recent years, Saving Christmas is a comedy that examines modern Christmas traditions and, according to the movie’s website, “provides a biblical basis for our time-honored traditions and celebrations.” The movie will have a limited two-week run in U.S. theaters starting on November 14.

  • Phil Robertson, Mike Huckabee Set for Houston Event Supporting Subpoenaed Pastors

    Houston is hosting an event to support the five pastors who were subpoenaed for their remarks about a controversial Houston ordinance.

    The event will feature Phil Robertson, son Alan Robertson, as well as Mike Huckabee.

    A bit of background on the event.

    It’s another one of those stories that changes depending on who you ask. Some will tell you that it is one of the biggest assaults on religious freedom in the United States. Others would tell you the whole things is being blown out of proportion and was never meant to be any sort of infringement.

    Houston, Texas is in the middle of a fight over something called HERO, an equal rights ordinance passed in May that would prevent employers from discriminating against anyone based on their “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.”

    As The Blaze reports, “The new regulations would allow transgendered individuals to file complaints if they are denied restroom usage and would ban discrimination in both business and housing.”

    These points of the ordinance started a wave of concerns from people who do not want to share workplace restrooms with transgender folks.

    Faith leaders in Houston, pastors and so forth, began collecting signatures to get a ballot referendum on the Ordinance on the November ballot. But when the signatures were examined, many were invalidated due to the signors not actually being Houston residents, not having filled out the petition properly, etc. The referendum would not go forward since not enough valid signatures had been collected.

    Faith leaders responded by suing the city of Houston. In preparation for that suit, the city subpoenaed paperwork from churches that were linked to activists opposed to the HERO ordinance. The subpoenas included “sermons” in its scope of coverage.

    The wording of the subpoena was very general, and wound up igniting the aforementioned “assault on religious freedom” firestorm in Houston. Houston Mayor Annise Parker has withdrawn the subpoenas in question.

    Still, the event is being held in Houston today. It is called “I Stand,” meaning “I stand with the pastors in Houston.” Only five pastors in Houston were affected by the subpoenas. The intent was to gather information about the anti-HERO effort so as to form a defense for the City in the lawsuit. It would have had no effect on what the pastors were “allowed” to say to their congregants. Their remarks are already open for the public to hear.

  • Phil Robertson Uses Bible and Gun in Congressional Campaign Ad

    Phil Robertson is campaigning, not for himself, but for kin.

    Robertson’s nephew, Zach Dasher, is running to unseat Republican Representative Vance McAllister from Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District. This is significant because Phil supported McAllister last time he ran.

    If the name “Vance McAllister” sounds familiar, that’s probably because McAllister has earned himself a nickname since he took office: The Kissing Congressman. McAllister landed in hot water when a video surfaced of him kissing a staffer, a married woman.

    McAllister asked for forgiveness and privacy to help his family get through the scandal. In a statement, he said:

    “There’s no doubt I’ve fallen short and I’m asking for forgiveness. I’m asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve.

    “Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you’re a husband, a father, or a congressman. I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I’ve disappointed.

    “From day one, I’ve always tried to be an honest man. I ran for Congress to make a difference and not to just be another politician. I don’t want to make a political statement on this. I would just simply like to say that I’m very sorry for what I’ve done.

    “While I realize I serve the public, I would appreciate the privacy given to my children as we get through this.”

    McAllister’s own wife Kelly has stood by her man, even cutting a campaign commercial for him in which she says, “I’m blessed to have a husband that owns up to his mistakes, never gives up, always fighting for the good people of Louisiana.”

    Phil Robertson, it would seem, is not as forgiving.

    “The last dude last year fed us a lie. I don’t even know the dude,” Robertson said at a fundraiser for his nephew. “Two months in he’s messing with some chick.”

    McAllister fired back.

    “I am disappointed that Phil is speaking against the words that he writes about, like forgiveness, when we’re all sinners,” he said. “What Phil and I have in common is we believe in the same Lord, and that’s the God of second chances.”

    Now Robertson is cutting campaign commercials for Dasher. In them, he assures the people of Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District that his nephew’s heart is in the right place. Holding a bible and a rifle, he proclaims:

    “Hey Louisiana, bibles and guns brought us here, and bibles and guns will keep us here; Zach Dasher believes in both.”

    In another commercial spot, the Duck Commander went further to highlight the contrast between Dasher and The Kissing Congressman. This time, he assures Louisiana, he and Miss Kay have “vetted” their pick.

    “He loves his family; he’s got a servant’s heart; he knows his bible; he is a good man.”

  • Sadie Robertson: ‘DWTS’ Contestant Congratulates Brother

    Sadie Robertson took a break from her Dancing With the Stars rehearsals this week to congratulate her big brother John Luke Robertson. John Luke popped the question to his girlfriend Mary Kate McEachern and she said yes. The Duck Dynasty family member became officially engaged over the weekend.

    Sadie offered her congratulations to both her brother and his fiancee via Instagram.

    Sadie Robertson was spotted just a few days before her brother’s engagement wearing her hair in a pair of adorable braids as she and DWTS pro dancer Mark Ballas prepared for tonight’s show. The two are dancing a rumba for this week’s competition.

    Pitbull is filling in as guest judge for Len Goodman on tonight’s episode of Dancing With the Stars. Sadie Robertson will wear a ballerina-inspired costume that is gorgeous, but a bit on the sexy side, too. Duck Dynasty dad Willie Robertson must first approve any costumes Sadie wears on stage.

    “I feel like a ballerina in it,” told E! before the show started. “It’s so beautiful. I love it.”

    Maybe if Willie Robertson has a problem with Sadie’s costume, he’ll be too excited about son John Luke’s engagement to enforce his modesty rules this week. Even though the outfit is beautiful, it is sheer and a bit low cut.

    Congratulations are certainly in order for the grandson of Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson and his future bride Mary Kate McEachern. And best wishes to Sadie Robertson on Monday’s Dancing With the Stars performance.

  • Sadie Robertson: Did She Spill Some ‘Duck Dynasty’ Beans?

    Sadie Robertson recently did an exclusive web interview and dished about her time on Dancing With the Stars. She might have also slipped up and divulged something about Duck Dynasty that the Robertson family–and A&E–might not have wanted fans to know. Did Sadie inadvertently spill the beans?

    Fox reports that Sadie shared that the scariest part of competing on Dancing With the Stars–at least for her–is performing live.

    “That freaks me out because I’m on Duck Dynasty, it’s like recorded way, like 3 months before it shows,” Robertson said of performing for her family’s reality show. “We get to record it like 10 different times if we mess up. This is like, you get one shot. If you mess up, 15 million people see it.”

    Very interesting–don’t you think? Does this mean that not only does Sadie Robertson get to record over her mistakes, but the whole Duck Dynasty clan does, too? That translates into the possibility of some very scripted scenes between Phil Robertson, Uncle Si, Wille Robertson, and the rest of the guys. Does this mean Miss Kay and Korie Robertson–along with Sadie–might not have so many warm or witty conversations, but perhaps study a script beforehand instead?

    Fox 411 reports that viewership of Duck Dynasty has dropped by close to 50 percent from season five to season six. Season five saw 8.5 million viewers, whereas the number dropped to just 4.3 million the following season. Could the drop be due to these allegedly scripted scenes?

    Do you think Sadie Robertson spilled the beans about Duck Dynasty being a scripted show, and not the actual day-to-day life as lived in ‘reality’ by the Robertson family? Will the Duck Dynasty family come to regret Willie and Korie Robertson’s decision to allow Sadie to compete on Dancing With the Stars?

  • Sadie Robertson Pays Tribute To Duck Dynasty With Performance On Dancing With The Stars

    On the October 6 episode of Dancing With The Stars, Sadie Robertson and dance partner Mark Ballas paid tribute to her family by performing a Duck Dynasty-inspired dance. Sadie even went so far as to get her relatives to join her onstage for the cute samba she and her partner had cooked up for the show.

    Sadie’s father Willie joined the pair onstage along with her uncles Jase, Si and Jep to contribute duck calls to start the performance. They were wearing camouflage costumes along with Mark, who in turn sported a beard similar to Willie’s and those of Sadie’s uncles. Meanwhile, Sadie’s feathery costume was designed by the show’s costume designer Daniela Gschwendtner and was apparently modest enough to get the approval of her father.

    “I went out and gathered all these feathers for the last month. No, I didn’t, but anything with feathers is cool and stones and rocks. Yeah, I mean it’s real earthy. I like it!” said Willie to E! News after the show. He also revealed that he was glad he only had to make duck calls and left all the dancing to Sadie.

    Sadie and Mark performed their samba to Pharrell Williams’ “Hunter” and garnered a near-perfect score of 37 out of 40 for the fun number. The dance reportedly showed how Sadie considered her family important to her.

    In a video shown before her performance, Sadie spoke about how Duck Dynasty had turned her family’s life upside down. “I was 14 and I didn’t realize how big it was going to be. But there’s definitely been some bad things about being in the public eye,” she said.

    Sadie recounted how some comments her grandfather Phil Robertson made in the December 2012 issue of GQ got such a bad reaction from the public that her family considered quitting the show.

    “The thing is, no matter what he would have said, we should have stuck by him, because he’s my grandpa. Yeah, he’s very opinionated, but he’s my family, and family sticks together,” she said.

  • Sadie Robertson Defends Grandpa Phil Robertson: ‘He’s My Family and Family Sticks Together’

    Sadie Robertson killed it on Dancing With the Stars Monday night surrounded by the entire Robertson clan.

    The 17-year-old high school student’s father Willie and uncles Jase, Si and Jep helped out with her Duck Dynasty-inspired dance with partner Mark Ballas by using duck calls.

    The routine was awesome and earned the team 37 out of 40 points.

    Before the performance, a segment was aired of Sadie sharing about why the year 2012 was the most important of her young life so far — it’s the year Duck Dynasty first aired.

    In a clip, which aired prior to the performance, Sadie, whose DWTS costumes are all dad-approved, said her life was turned upside down in 2012 when Duck Dynasty first aired.

    “I was 14 and I didn’t realize how big it was going to be,” she said. “But there’s definitely been some bad things about being in the public eye.”

    Sadie said it was all good, recalling the first time someone asked for her autograph. She went on to say there was the negative flip-side of fame.

    “Everybody knows who you are and they’re looking for you to mess up,” she said. “My grandpa said some things that upset some people and the press came after him.

    “My family would not be where we are without our faith. That’s what’s carried us this whole way. You know, we put our faith in God and we like to share that with everybody.”

    Sadie said it became so difficult for the family following her grandfather Phil’s comments about homosexuality to GQ magazine in Dec. 2013, the Robertsons nearly called it quits.

    “The thing is, no matter what he would have said, we would have stuck by him, because he’s my grandpa,” Sadie said. “Yeah, he’s very opinionated, but he’s my family, and family sticks together.”