even harvey levin, i have known harvey for 20 years. he is gay. he says that he supports phil robertson's right to say what he says even though he disagrees but certainly has set the country on fire. >> this is becoming a discussion now outside of the legal realm letting attorneys define whether it's free speech rule of law or not. and now it's becoming more of a discussion within the exchange of ideas in public and private square and in pop culture whether we're allowed to express our personal opinions without threats of intimidation, mockery and criticism and loss of jobs and revenue. it's becoming a greater bigger issue than what it started out a few days ago. >> loosely use the term free speech meaning that you know, all of a sudden jump someone for saying something and that you jump others -- don't jump others. let people trash talk or not let people trash talk. if the market wants to be such, that people don't want to watch someone, so be it well, that's right. attorneys a legal free speech or not. i'm hearing a lot of people start discussin

harvey levin joins us with the latest. >> hey, greta. >> probably a lawsuit.tson's bible study group. what happened? >> well, he, like you said, is he sticking to his guns. he is saying, look, he repeated pretty much line and verse what he said to the gq reporter. he says he believes homosexuality is going to be part of a thing that ruins the country. he said he himself this is intere

harvey levin joins us with the latest. >> hey, greta. >> probably a lawsuit. first we back up to phil robertson's bible study group. what happened? >> well, he, like you said, is he sticking to his guns. he is saying, look, he repeated pretty much line and verse what he said to the gq reporter. he says he believes homosexuality is going to be part of a thing that ruins the country. he said he himself this is interesting sexually sinned solved that issue my getting married to a woman and sticking to it if you can make sense of the comment. he said i am who i am. i'm not going to change anything. and the family is completely behind him. you know, greta, one of the things that occurred to me is, is that they suspended phil robertson but when you think about it a&e has got to know his family feels exactly the way he does. so they are sticking with the family but not with phil none of this is making sense with a&e. >> is a&e saying anything? >> well, i am talking to people there. what can i tell is you this they made their decision in no small part because there is

. >> harvey levin my old friend from l.a. and tmz it. we will see you all the latest this weekend. go to tmz.com. harvey, always nice to see you. >> great to see you, greta. >> national debate about our freedom. former senator rick santorum joins us. good evening, sir. >> hi, greta. >> you have seen this debate before. i'm curious your thought tonight. >> well, i appreciate what harvey just had to say. the fact of the matter is, he is right. this country was founded on freedom of religion and what we see from the folks in glad is doing exactly what they preach against. they preach against intolerance and they are, in fact, the leading intolerant organization out there when it comes it to anybody who disagrees with their point of view. what phil robertson did, that was so offensive to them was simply quote the bible. and he did it actually pretty accurate job of quoting the bible i corinthians. for him to be persecuted as he is for his religious beliefs and for quoting those religious beliefs and for stating them very explicitly which he does on the show by the way is pure intoleranc

harvey levin joins us with the latest. >> hey, greta. >> probably a lawsuit.hil robertson's bible study group. what happened? >> well, he, like you said, is he sticking to his guns. he is saying, look, he repeated pretty much line and verse what he said to the gq reporter. he says he believes homosexuality is going to be part of a thing that ruins the country. he said he himself this is intere

harvey levin who runs tmz who is gay had this to say about the controversy. pretty interesting.e a listen. this country was founded on freedom of religion. i mean, that's one of the reaps we broke from england. and it just seems to me that you have to tolerate things, even things that are abhorrent as long as they are not hurting other people. the irony here is you have got groups like glaad saying we are pushing tolerance you have to accept us just because we are different doesn't mean that you shouldn't embrace well, can you make the same argument about this guy. and if you are going to accept tolerance on one side, you have got to accept it on the other. it just seems to me as long as he is not hurting me or other people and is he not propagating, you know, doing bad things to people, i don't see how you can punish him for how he feels. especially when you knew how he felt going in. >> that seems a totally fair point. i thought it was all about tolerance, respecting people, at least leaving others alone even if they have views that you think are weird or even repugnant. every

. >> harvey levin, i saw a tweet he sent out earlier today -- yesterday that is. he's from tmz.. it's not hate based. it's religious. miss directed, some might say. but it's his right. also we understand apparently underarmor, one of their biggest sponsors will stand by them. as are the fellow we're about to meet now. >> the governor of the state, bobby jindal, very much in their corner yesterday. said i'll stay friends with them forever and today. >> but sky decker suspensions and are duck dynasty sponsors. we're going to talk to them right now. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how long have you known the robertson family? >> several, several years. we've worked with them professionally since 2008, back in the duck commander days and we've known them as friends since we're in the same town for many years. >> if you could give us a voice to why you stand behind them. we heard other sponsors are doing the same thing. what's your reasoning there? >> sky jacker, we're a faith-based company as well and our beliefs are the same as theirs and while things phil may have said may ha

. >> all harvey levin wannabes.pe at one point in his life was a bouncer. >> how great is this? >> can you imagine him saying you get out of here? >> it's amazing. >> one thing after another. he told parishioners in a church outside rome he had been a bouncer in his past li. he had other jobs, sweeping floors, running chemical lab tests but the one jumping out is that he stood at the door of a bar and said you can come in, you can't come in. >> that's amazing. >> the kind of guy he is, he was like everybody come in. the gates are wide open. >> exactly. >> come in. >> not so much. >> if he sensed the devil in you. >> the drinks are on me. >> the patron in the black suit with the ear piece. >> made me think of some of our first jobs. what were some of your big jobs. >> pizza delivery and landscaping were my big ones. >> what did it teach you delivering pizza? >> that i needed a better car than an old jeep that was bouncing up and down. >> yeah. >> what about you. >> i was a pooper-scooper. >> hello. is that a whole jo