Mediaite: Comedian backs tribe's right to take bald eagles

Thursday, March 15, 2012  

"Appearing on Fox News’ Red Eye early this morning, comedian Michael Ian Black made a bold stand for religious freedom in standing up for a Native American tribe’s right to kill bald eagles.

The show’s panel was responding to the Fish and Wildlife Service approval of a permit allowing the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony.

“Killing them is like shredding our constitution,” contended host Greg Gutfeld

“Well, under the First Amendment we have the right to shred our constitution if we so desire,” Black observed. “You can shred the constitution and you can kill a bald eagle as long as they are not endangered, and they are not endangered.”"

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Comedian Michael Ian Black Defends Killing Bald Eagles On Red Eye (Mediaite 3/15)

Northern Arapaho Tribe receives permit to take bald eagles (3/14)