I Stand Sunday

Duck Dynasty Patriarch: They ‘Hated Son of God’– ‘Now They Hate Us’

By Penny Starr  November 3, 2014

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(CNSNews.com) – Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the famed Duck Dynasty clan, said at a rally on Sunday in Houston, Texas, that Christian pastors are being persecuted by the city’s gay mayor just like Jesus Christ was.

‘They hated the son of God without reason, and now they hate us just like Jesus said,” Robertson, an ordained pastor, said at the “I Stand Sunday” rally attended by thousands and live streamed to thousands more online.

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The rally was held to support five Houston pastors whose sermons were subpoenaed by

the city’s gay mayor for their opposition to an ordinance that allows transgender people to use any public restroom.

Mayor Annise Parker has since rescinded the subpoenas but has vowed to fight efforts to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.

Thousands of pastors and Christians from as far away as the Netherlands gathered to express their support for the pastors and show their resolve to fight what they see as a threat to the religious liberty guaranteed by the Constitution’s First Amendment.

Parker and the city’s attorney filed the subpoenas after the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit challenging the city for disqualifying a petition that held more than three times the number of signatures needed to either repeal the ordinance or make the matter a ballot referendum to allow voters to decide its fate.

The five pastors targeted – Khanh Huynh, senior pastor at Vietnamese Baptist Church; Magda Hermida, founder of Magda Hermida Ministries; Steve Riggle, founding senior pastor of Grace Community Church; David Welch, executive director of the Houston Pastors Council and Herman Castano, pastor of Iglesia Rios de Aceite – were not officially a party to the ADF lawsuit but have mounted their own legal challenge to the ordinance.

Robertson compared the conflict in Houston to the persecution of Christ and his prediction that his followers would themselves be persecuted, including the Apostle Paul, who was jailed for his faith.

“You say, ‘Is America headed that way Phil?’” Robertson said. “We’re headed that way.”

Robertson told the crowd, in particular church leaders, that he hoped “just like the apostle Paul, that you will stand firm in one spirit contending as one man for the faith of the gospel.”

Robertson said that circumstances in Texas are prophetic.

“Those who oppose you, this is a sign to them – your opposition – that they will be destroyed but that you will be saved and that by God it has been granted to you, you lucky Texans. It’s been granted to you, Texas, to not only believe in Jesus but also to suffer for him,” Robertson said. “Praise God for suffering for Jesus Christ the Son of God.”

Others speaking a the event included Robertson’s son, Alan, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council who hosted the rally, former Arkansas governor and Fox host Mike Huckabee and David and Jason Benham.

“We must stand against these ordinances that trample on our religious liberty,” Perkins said at the event.

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