Supply: www.huffingtonpost.com – Sunday, December 22, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s lieutenant governor says the “Duck Dynasty” fact TV express is essential to state tourism — and he might help connect the Robertson domestic with new producers if they can not reach agreement with the A&E network. The network suspended patriarch Phil Robertson final week for telling GQ magazine that gays are sinners corresponding to adulterers and swindlers. “Despite one’s views on Phil Robertson’s statements, Duck Dynasty has been a very powerful illustration of the state of Louisiana, inspiring prospective guests and buyers for the reason that its debut,” Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne said in a commentary emailed Saturday. The show is produced around the Robertson domestic’s residence base in Ouachita Parish. KNOE-TV of Monroe said in February that the exhibit was once bringing people from around the usa who would not otherwise stop in northeast Louisiana. The Duck Commander warehouse has turn out to be a tourist appeal, stated Alana Cooper, director of the Monroe-West Monroe Guests and Convention Bureau. Dardenne, whose job includes running the Division of Culture, Sport and Tourism, said the audience of tens of thousands and thousands is raring to visit Louisiana. “If the Robertson household cannot come to an agreement with A&E and needs to continue the convey, Louisiana already has the infrastructure in place to handle their report-breaking application,” he wrote. The lieutenant governor did not right away solution a request for comment Sunday.

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