美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-28

 I'm John Berman, in for Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the 360 Podcast. More squawking about Duck Dynasty as a video taped "anti-gay rang" surfaces. Let's get started. 

 

This video is made three years ago, and it's that work A&E is not saying whether they knew about it when they signed him and his family up for what would become America's most watch reality show. No comment from A&E. You'll call A&E suspended Robertson after he equated¹ homosexuality with bestiality in a GQ interview, and suggested that African-Americans were happy in the old Jim Crow South. His suspension really is amping up the culture wars, also amping up the weirdness². A Republican candidate from Illinois 11 congressional district today compare Robertson to civil rights icon³ Rosa Parks. 

 

Last night, in a statement the family said they are talking with A&E now about Duck Dynasty's future,  saying "We can not imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm."Phil, the family said would never inside or encourage hate. 

 

Now look at those words when you look at this video from 2010, Phil Robertson citing a Bible passage and railing against modern secular⁴ society. 

 

Firstly say there is no God, get him out of your mind. Then they bow down to birds, animals and reptiles⁵ and each other. And first thing you see come out of them is gross sexual immorality⁶. They are insolent⁷, arrogant⁸, God-hated. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless,  they are ruthless. They invent what they are doing evil. 

 

Phil Robertson's expressing firmly held views that may people do share, but many others find deeply offensive and its network finds at least for the moment problematic. Again, no comment from network about what whether the network knew about this video years ago. 

 

There's plenty to talk about with CNN commentator⁹ Mxx Axx David and Ralph, the president of central strategies and founder¹⁰ and chairman of the Faith and Freedom coalition¹¹.

 

Ralph, you say Robertson's suspension is a brazen¹² act of anti-Christian¹³ bigotry¹⁴. How's so?

 

Well, I think because the reason why he was placed on suspension was because he expressed his Christian faith and his belief on Bible.  I mean, the allegedly offensive passage for which he was placed on suspension with simply a virtual direct quote from the book of first Corinthians and the New Testament¹⁵. And I think if you read the totality of the interview in GQ, which I have done. I think this is unfair, I think it's a distortion of his true views, he makes abundantly clear that we are called as believers to love everyone, that we are not to judge anyone, that ultimately God is the one who is all of our judge and we are all sinners saved by grace. I thought it was a very up-lifting statement and wow, he certainly would express himself in some words that I would not have used, that's why A&E has reality show build on this family because the home-spun, folks way in which this family expresses their views. 

 

You said it was an up-lifting statement, there's another video came out today of Robertson's from a couple of years ago, well, it again, he is quoting the bible but it's a different verse and he suggests that gay, again, quoting the bible are insolent, arrogant, God haters. They are heartless, faithless, senseless and ruthless. You know, is that expressing the same sentiment you were just mentioning before?

 

Well, I have to see the full context of the statement in which he said it. You know, this is a snippet of a fuller presentation. But based on my understanding of views of Mr. Robertson and Robertson family, these are people who love God, who believed they shouldn't be judging anybody, that they are called to love everyone, and show stability and respect for everyone even those that they are disagree with. But I think what the broader culture has to do and this is why millions people have risen up in the last 48 hours to defend the Robertson family is what the larger and broader culture have to do is to respect the authenticity¹⁶ and the genuineness of the faith testimony¹⁷ of exxx Christians¹⁸ and faithfully Catholics. And when they say they believe the bible and they quote it, just sanction them, to punish them, to fire them, to mistreat them because all they have done is express that faith. I think he has no place in America.

1 equated   

adj.换算的v.认为某事物（与另一事物）相等或相仿( equate的过去式和过去分词 )；相当于；等于；把（一事物） 和（另一事物）等同看待

参考例句：

• Production costs for the movie equated to around 30% of income. 这部电影的制作成本相当于收益的30%。
• Politics cannot be equated with art. 政治不能同艺术等同起来。

2 weirdness   

n.古怪，离奇，不可思议

参考例句：

• The weirdness of the city by night held her attention. 夜间城市的古怪景象吸引了她的注意力。
• But that's not the end of the weirdness feasible in evolutionary systems. 然而这还不是进化系统居然可行的最怪异的地方呐。

3 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

4 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

5 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 immorality   

n. 不道德, 无道义

参考例句：

• All the churchmen have preached against immorality. 所有牧师都讲道反对不道德的行为。
• Where the European sees immorality and lawlessness, strict law rules in reality. 在欧洲人视为不道德和无规则的地方，事实上都盛行着一种严格的规则。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源

7 insolent   

adj.傲慢的，无理的

参考例句：

• His insolent manner really got my blood up.他那傲慢的态度把我的肺都气炸了。
• It was insolent of them to demand special treatment.他们要求给予特殊待遇，脸皮真厚。

8 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

9 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

10 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

11 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

12 brazen   

adj.厚脸皮的，无耻的，坚硬的

参考例句：

• The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
• Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

13 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

14 bigotry   

n.偏见，偏执，持偏见的行为[态度]等

参考例句：

• She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
• At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。

15 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

16 authenticity   

n.真实性

参考例句：

• There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
• The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。

17 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

18 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。