Many Americans are justifiably angry over the way the Arts & Entertainment Network (A&E) has treated Phil Robertson, patriarch of the top-rated reality show “Duck Dynasty,” for bluntly expressing his personal preference for heterosexuality and marital fidelity in an interview with GQ. Here’s what he said:

“Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men.” Then, paraphrasing Corinthians, he added: “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.”