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Tanuki

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7. Miss Kay's early marriage to Phil Robertson made her so miserable that she contemplated suicide.

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 10:00 PM

Dec 2013

He is well aware of this. Why would he wish similar misery on anyone? Oh, yeah, so he doesn't have to do the up close and dirty work of cleaning the ducks he kills.

http://starcasm.net/archives/243461

..."Duck Dynasty family matriarch Kay Robertson spoke at the “Night of Ducks and Hucks” fundraising event in Monroe, North Carolina Saturday. Miss Kay talked candidly about the well-publicized dark period she endured with husband Phil during the early days of their marriage, going as far as to explain how her oldest son Alan, at the tender age of just 10, convinced her not to take her own life.

As Phil discussed in his book “Happy, Happy, Happy,” he was a man more interested in killing ducks and getting his next drink than he was at being a husband or father. He left Kay alone to raise Alan, Jase and Willie (Jep wasn’t born yet) as he fell deeper and deeper into alcoholism."...

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ok finally duck dynasty childbride comments hit msm [View all] arely staircase Dec 2013 OP

Already? I read it here only 4-5 days ago. Scuba Dec 2013 #1

from an msm source or a progressive blog? arely staircase Dec 2013 #2

Likely the latter, though I don't recall. Scuba Dec 2013 #5

this is the first msm story I have seen nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #6

Why do we even care what this guy says? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #3

you don't have to arely staircase Dec 2013 #4

The right will use it favorite fall back, the liberal media is out to get Robertson and is digging bluestate10 Dec 2013 #8

YOu're absolutely right to point it out, arely.. and to let us Cha Dec 2013 #10

Because there are 15 year old girls in the world, some of them are our daughters, and Coyotl Dec 2013 #9

exactly arely staircase Dec 2013 #13

Miss Kay's early marriage to Phil Robertson made her so miserable that she contemplated suicide. Tanuki Dec 2013 #7

knr nt XRubicon Dec 2013 #11

He said the same thing to his grandson on one of the TV episodes... Tx4obama Dec 2013 #12

he is saying girls make better wives because they arely staircase Dec 2013 #19

Not being blown out of proportion at all MattBaggins Dec 2013 #26

he says by the age of twenty.. alato Dec 2013 #31

Seriously? ljm2002 Dec 2013 #36

Wille Robertson said he married his bride when she was 17... theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #39

They met when they were in third grade. They married 1 year after graduating high school Tx4obama Dec 2013 #46

Indeed MO_Moderate Dec 2013 #45

It's making its way up the online food chain as well. RandySF Dec 2013 #14

girls are always property in low-life societies/repressive-religious societies SoCalDem Dec 2013 #16

I don't mind when the unacceptable is shown to be what it is. delrem Dec 2013 #25

k&r... spanone Dec 2013 #15

OK, teenage girls can be flaky . . . Brigid Dec 2013 #17

His advice was for BOYS not scraggly old men. This issue is being taken out of context. n/t Tx4obama Dec 2013 #20

context is clear arely staircase Dec 2013 #21

That is bull. My aunt got married when she was 14 almost 15, she dominated my uncle her whole life Tx4obama Dec 2013 #22

and that was when? arely staircase Dec 2013 #24

all of my grandparents were married young alato Dec 2013 #33

My great grandparents were in the 1800's. Married as adults. In the 1800's. Bluenorthwest Dec 2013 #41

Because they are more easily manipulated he thinks MattBaggins Dec 2013 #27

I am not a 'dude'. And I support young folks that wish to marry. The law... Tx4obama Dec 2013 #29

how old were you when you wanted to get married and how did it ruin your life ? JI7 Dec 2013 #32

Exacty! That's just plain nonsense! n/t marew Dec 2013 #38

BOYS? DeSwiss Dec 2013 #28

On Mediaite now pokerfan Dec 2013 #18

Matthew 15:11 HoosierCowboy Dec 2013 #23

Just had to look it up madville Dec 2013 #30

A female 13 years old in New Hampshire can marry with parental consent Tx4obama Dec 2013 #34

13 for girls and 14 for boys XRubicon Dec 2013 #40

Yeah, you've gotta catch them before they have a mind of their own or anything (/sarcasm) Rhythm Dec 2013 #35

Wow! marew Dec 2013 #37

exactly arely staircase Dec 2013 #42

fox news arely staircase Dec 2013 #43

christian science monitor arely staircase Dec 2013 #44

Excerpt from your link Tx4obama Dec 2013 #47

so he is joking about the duck plucking but not the taking of childbrides arely staircase Dec 2013 #48