“Duck Dynasty’s” outspoken patriarch, Phil Robertson, has come under fire once again for some controversial comments he made in a recent interview with “Washington Watch” host Tony Perkins. The reality star was on the show to promote his new book, “unPHILtered: The Way I See It.”
When discussing immorality with Perkins, Robertson pointed out that he believes it’s no coincidence that diseases like AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases follow such behavior that is not between “one man and one woman.”
“Do you think it’s a coincidence that all of these debilitating – and literally, it can cause death – diseases follow that kind of conduct?”, Robertson asked. With Perkins in agreement, Robertson went on to say, “A clean guy, a disease-free guy, and a disease-free woman, they marry and they keep their sex between the two of them, they’re not gonna get chlamydia and gonorrhea and syphilis and AIDS. It’s safe.”
Robertson concluded by saying, “To me, either it’s the wildest coincidence ever that horrible diseases follow immoral conduct, or it’s God saying, ‘There’s a penalty for that kind of conduct.’ I’m leaning toward there’s a penalty for it.”
The “Duck Dynasty” star faced scrutiny last year for anti-gay remarks he made in an interview with GQ magazine. A & E suspended Robertson for a short time, but eventually reinstated him. Responding to his critics, he told Perkins, “All you can do is just show them that and say, ‘Man, we ought to talk about this Jesus stuff.'”