Bob, Dave and BHD, you have summarized the situation perfectly. Both as to who the Robertson's really are and what is going on at A&E.

While some reading this thread or any other commentary about this incident may slough it off as just another dumb reality show featuring hillbillies, that stance both ignores the hugely important issue of free speech as well as represents an utterly mistaken view of who the Robertson's are. If you watch the show, there is NOTHING about the way Phil Robertson conducts himself that suggests "dumb" or "stupid".

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia