Okay let's try it this way:
The reasonable, sane people on the thread, no matter what your point of view, please put the trolls on ignore for one day. We will consider trolls those who have nothing to offer but criticism of or personal attacks on the rest of us, who see this as a partisan issue, who are doing their damndest to start a food fight, and/or those who have no apparent interest in discussing the topic. That should remove the temptation to feed the trolls, argue with idiots, and engage in other exercises in futility. If nobody responds to them, maybe they will go away.
Now then back to the topic.
To those who object to Phil Robertson's (or any of our) interpretations of the Bible, there's an awful lot of that going around. As I've said several times now, I do not agree with his interpretation nor do I agree with his point of view re gays. I know a lot of people that I disagree with about a lot of things including what they insist is what the Bible says.
But if I want to be allowed my point of view without fear that some mob, group, or organization will target me for physical and/or material harm or otherwise make my life miserable, the way I see it is that I need to allow others their point of view, their beliefs, their convictions, and even their biases and prejudices so long as they do not impose them in a way that physically or materially harms others. On balance most people get more right than they get wrong, and though, as Phil Robertson would say, we have all sinned and fallen short, and I can disagree with all of you while still considering you good people. I don't know him, but I'm guessing Phil Robertson is good people. I don't know her but I'm guessing Ellen Degeneres is good people. People should be allowed to be who and what they are without fear.
Freedom includes the privilege of being wrong as well as being right.