TMZ: Duck Dynasty star enraged gay A&E staff

A star of "Duck Dynasty" was suspended in order to mollify homosexual employees of A&E, sources at the U.S. cable network told TMZ. The celebrity website said A&E executives took action against Phil Robertson amid an uproar within the network over Robertson's swipe at the gay lifestyle in an article in GQ magazine. "He just took it too far with GQ ... especially with the coarse language," the TMZ source said. Sources said gay staff members had called on Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dubuc to boot Robertson off the popular reality show permanently. Dubuc decided not to go that far; however she concluded A&E would treat Robertson's remarks with the same seriousness had they been made about a racial or religious group. By splitting the difference, Dubuc may have satisfied neither side of the debate since she has been receiving death threats in recent days, sources told TMZ.