An atheist group tried to get A&E to remove the family prayer that closes out each episode. A&E executives went to Phil Robertson, and asked him about removing the prayer. Robertson told them that if they remove the family prayer, then they would no longer do the series. The online touchstone of rumor research has determined that the rumor about A and Es attempts to remove the Robertson's family dinner prayer at the end of each show is false. Phil Robertson's response to a question whether the rumor was true, via Missy Robertson on Twitter, was "Not to my knowledge." Phil Robertson's son, Alan Robertson, said, "The rumor that A and E told the Robertsons to tone down guns and prayer is not true."