Phil Robertson from "Duck Dynasty" is featured in GQ Magazine's January issue where his comments on religion and homosexuality are being critisized by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, USA Today reported.
Robertson is the founder of Duck Commander, a company which produces materials for hunting ducks as a sport, and is one of the main characters in the A&E television show, according to USA Today.
In the story titled "What the Duck?" Robertson, the patriarch of his family-run business, openly talks about his beliefs about marriage and sin, stating he and his family are "Bible-thumpers who just happened to end up on television."
"You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off," Robertson said in the interview. "We ought to just be repentant, turn to God, and let's get on with it, and everything will turn around."
When asked about the subject of sinning, Robertson replied: "start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there," Robertson said during the interview.
"Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he continued, going on to phrase Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers - they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
GLAAD quickly issued a statement which said the remarks, which in all fairness are Robertson's personal beliefs, are "littered with outdated stereotypes and blatant misinformation."
But according to Robertson, he simply doesn't understand why a woman wouldn't be more desirable.
"It seems like, to me," a woman "would be more desirable ...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," Robertson said, according to USA Today.
Wilson Cruz, a spokesman for GLAAD said the group has reached out to A&E in regards to Robertson's comments, USA Today reported.
"Phil and his family claim to be Christian, but Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe," Cruz said in a statement, USA Today reported.
Cruz continued and said Robertson "clearly knows nothing about gay people or the majority of Louisianans - and Americans - who support legal recognition for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples," adding that "Phil's decision to push vile and extreme stereotypes is a stain on A&E and his sponsors who now need to re-examine their ties to someone with such public disdain for LGBT people and families."
