“Duck Dynasty” might be produced by a Hollywood network, but its stars (the Robertson family) and its audience are products of the diverse expanse of Middle America that lies between the elite coasts, and we are not going to be bullied. Moreover, we are not going to allow GLAAD and its media allies to attack us and our faith by using Phil Robertson as a stand in.

The Robertson family wasn’t going to back down, and their audience of over ten million was behind them 100%. It was an easy stand to take as well, because we all knew Robertson had done absolutely nothing wrong. The only wrongdoers were the A&E Network for its cowardly suspension of Robertson, and GLAAD and the elite media for using Robertson as a way to claim the Christian Gospel is bigoted.

Because their crusade (like the ones listed above) was not righteous, GLAAD’s mistake was trying to bully a Christian family and their Christian audience. GLAAD and its media allies apparently thought we were just like them. But our reason for being is not to seek the favor of the Hollywood and media elite. We were not going to buckle, and this left A&E in a lose-lose situation: The network could either lose their number-one show to a more tolerant network or suffer through a sternly-worded press release from GLAAD.