Willie Robertson on Homosexuality: 'I'll Look to Scripture'

Willie Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" fame has recently spoken out about the hot-button issue of homosexuality, saying he will continue to look to Scripture when "trying to figure out" if people are born gay.

When speaking with Larry King for "Larry King Now" in a recent interview, Robertson reflected on what his father, Phil Robertson, said during a GQ interview last December that caused the family patriarch to be temporarily suspended from the show for eight days before being reinstated.

In his December 2013 interview, Phil Robertson said he felt homosexuality was a sin equal to all other sins, including idolatry, drunkenness, and bestiality.

Willie Robertson, along with his wife Korie, defended their father following immense public backlash for his comments to GQ. Willie told King in a recent interview that the Robertsons stood by Phil "as a family."

"Some of the things he said in that interview I didn't agree with and I've even said so, and he's even come out and said, 'Yeah, that was a mistake.' With things leading to bestiality, it was a mixed bag there of things. And then he quoted a Scripture, and that's what's in the Scripture. What I want people to know and what we've said over and over and over is that we love everybody," Robertson told King.

Robertson said that he continues to look through the Scriptures to determine what his views on homosexuality are, whether one is born gay or chooses to be gay. The reality show star said he and his family work with a lot of gay people on their show, and he tries to show everyone love.

When King asked Robertson if he believed people are born gay or choose to be gay, Robertson replied: "I'm trying to figure that out right now, I really am."

"Since the controversy and since I know all these people and if the thought is, 'I'm born this way,' I don't know. I'm trying to figure out myself though the passages. Because I always have to look through the Scriptures to see what's there and then I put it up against people, put my time in, so I've spent time with people."

"I'm not the judge. God's gonna be the judge," Willie added. "So it's not my job to convince people to change their lives. It's really through Jesus—if I introduce them to Jesus, he'll do that. All I can do on the surface is love people, accept people, be kind and be respectful to people and I think as a family that's what we do."