“I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field…. They’re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word!… Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.” – Duck Dynasty Star
The Duck Dynasty controversy is overblown and has been whittled down to a specific agenda to the exclusion of others. Included along with what has been labeled as homophobic comments, were also racially insensitive ones. Probably even outright lies. Perhaps it is possible that he never saw ANY black people being mistreated in Louisiana decades ago before basic human rights were afforded to minorities, when mistreatment was likely to have occurred everywhere, daily. The likelihood of that, however, seems de minimus. “Not once”?? Not even in a place that is still in the middle of the biggest racial hotbed in the United States. YET, I have yet to hear any criticism of these comments, only complaints from gay advocates. The implication is that black people, at least the black people of today, are; entitled, whiney (singing the blues), and ungodly. Or perhaps the implication is that the black people of yesteryear, knew their place, were complacent, servile, and simple (they also sand “the blues” just to be clear). To be fair, he is also engaging in self-deprecation, even if through the implied association with black people. In any event, how is this not worse than his other comments about gays? Where is the “outrage”, assuming that any is warranted at all?
Furthermore, his beliefs as stated, appear to be consistent with what most Christians believe, so an attack on him for what has been said is more about a disagreement with the principles of that religion. And many others. Additionally, there are tons of men and women alike, religious and not, who do not understand homosexual attractions when compared to their own. That itself does not make this a broader issue, because a lack of understanding does not necessarily mean “fear” or “intolerance”, certainly not necessarily “hatred”. He doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy with whom I would want to spend much time, and I have never even seen the show; but let’s put things in proper and reasonable perspective as opposed to the knee jerk, limitless outrage that feeds into the parasitic 15 minutes of fame that is all too prevalent on issues and non-issues alike.
INENARRABLE 
I doubt that his comments reflect “what most Christians believe.” That having been said, his outrageous comments do not deserve a second thought. They reveal his own character.
Peter
I believe quite strongly that when he says that he sees homosexuality as a sin, that his view comports with what the vast majority of Christians AND what many in other religions do in fact believe. Whether we agree with those beliefs is another matter, but that he states that as his reason, is consistent.
Christianity does forward the belief that we support one another and not “cast stones” etc, because none of us are without sin. Still, that he did in fact quote at least one portion of the bible is not really debatable because I happen to be aware of the language in that verse, and it is a verse that is commonly quoted by Christians.
Also Peter, I have to follow up, because this is less about his comments which are outrageous. This is about the broader response, and the myopic focus on the homosexuality portion to the exclusion of anything else. It would be more appropriate to roundly condemn them, than parse them and debate them a la carte, when the latter is precisely how it is being handled.
My input in statement which is stated in the new testament is that no sin is greater than the other. Also how can one take a speck out a brother eye when there is a bigger speck in their eye. However as we are being told.everyone is entitled to their opinion and some are bold enough to voice whats on their mind regardless.