Candace Cameron Bure won't make movies with LGBTQ families

[mater-three]

She doesn’t have to.

[EarlGrayHot]

Great. She's not the best actress and I won't miss her clearly bigoted self.

[Anonymous 5]

She is entitled to her beliefs and what she wishes to portray on screen. Bottom line of her thoughts and actions do not align with yours then the tv channel. Don’t support networks that support her.

The idea that everyone has to be accepting of every social change is bullshit. We all have our own beliefs and acceptances and need to just get along instead of being so divisive when someone disagrees.

To me this is no different than if she announced a new network showing only white characters and publicly stated this was celebrating the "Great American" society.

Oh like BET, or AllBlk.tv ???

[Valentina327]

She is entitled to her beliefs and what she wishes to portray on screen. Bottom line of her thoughts and actions do not align with yours then the tv channel. Don’t support networks that support her.

The idea that everyone has to be accepting of every social change is bullshit. We all have our own beliefs and acceptances and need to just get along instead of being so divisive when someone disagrees.

To me this is no different than if she announced a new network showing only white characters and publicly stated this was celebrating the "Great American" society.

Oh like BET, or AllBlk.tv ???

Hmmmmm...

[mater-three]

And again, that would be her right to do. Sadly there are still those who would support that. However the best way to not is to turn the channel. Still, she, just like the rest of us are entitled to our personal belief systems.

That reminds me of the time when BET came out and yt people lost their minds.

Is there a reason in this post and in another you have trouble spelling out the word white? What's that about?

My gosh. I just put that together. I’m a white person. I’ve never seen someone do that before. It may be that I just live under a rock.

[Heyteacher]

Simply because me being white and her being white had nothing to do with the original context of the response. Ow had she said “CCB only will make movies supporting white supremacy…”. That would be a different response all together.

Does that help, anon?

And again, that would be her right to do. Sadly there are still those who would support that. However the best way to not is to turn the channel. Still, she, just like the rest of us are entitled to our personal belief systems.

That reminds me of the time when BET came out and yt people lost their minds.

Is there a reason in this post and in another you have trouble spelling out the word white? What's that about?

[Anonymous 6]

And again, that would be her right to do. Sadly there are still those who would support that. However the best way to not is to turn the channel. Still, she, just like the rest of us are entitled to our personal belief systems.

That reminds me of the time when BET came out and yt people lost their minds.

Is there a reason in this post and in another you have trouble spelling out the word white? What's that about?

It's used as a racial slur. Shouldn't be allowed.

[Anonymous 7]

She is entitled to her beliefs and what she wishes to portray on screen. Bottom line of her thoughts and actions do not align with yours then the tv channel. Don’t support networks that support her.

The idea that everyone has to be accepting of every social change is bullshit. We all have our own beliefs and acceptances and need to just get along instead of being so divisive when someone disagrees.

To me this is no different than if she announced a new network showing only white characters and publicly stated this was celebrating the "Great American" society.

Oh like BET, or AllBlk.tv ???

Exactly

[cgd5112]

Val, I think it is more about moral posturing than preference ( like in your brunette example). That said, I agree that it is her right to have her moral standard wherever it may fall. Because she is an actor, making such preference would be better served if she made it clear that she is not a homophone/bigot/etc ... After all , her craft ( acting) of telling stories can reach across all ranges of beliefs when the heart of that story captures a universal humanity.

The FB people who make hateful vitriolic comments feel empowered to do so bc they somehow believe that this actor shares such beliefs. So, it would be helpful for her to spell it out for the idiots in the room.

I have no problem with her beliefs and her want to be a niche actor. There are plenty of actors who will not do certain scenes , like J Roberts and nudity, for example. Somehow she managed not to be the poster child for shaming women who do. use scenes as part of their role. It would be a good thing for others to separate themselves from the hatred when they profess their character preferences.

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Candace Cameron Bure has left Hallmark channel to join Great American Family and make her well-loved Christmas movies. She talks of wanting to put religion back into Christmas movies and "keep traditional marriage at the core."

Candace, along with any actor, is certainly entitled to make the kind of movies they want to make. And networks, including Hallmark and GAF, are entitled to put out the kind of movies they want to put out.
I'm not arguing those rights at all.

But when I look at a FB post about this story, and read through the many comments from random strangers, I'm amazed at the outright bigotry displayed in the comments. People talking about how great it will be to have a network where LGBTQ couples are not "shoved down their throats" and how great it is to value what's right (as if LGBTQ couples are somehow "wrong"). One person even referred to LGBTQ individuals as "evil". Others talk about how nice it will be to not have to prescreen for fear of their children seeing something they shouldn't (as if a same-S*x couple on Hallmark is somehow pornographic). Lots of "...stand up for what is right." Lots of use of the words "pure" and "wholesome" in reference to displaying only hetero couples.
It all just gave me this sense of a whole group of people seeing LGBTQ+ individuals as 2nd class citizens and THAT is where it all goes wrong. I mean, yeah, people are allowed to have their own beliefs and such, but when those beliefs breed hatred and contempt of other individuals that's where it all goes wrong. That's where I no longer can easily support beliefs. And then celebrities come out and say things like this, and it just reinforces those beliefs of certain groups being "less than", and all the bigots and racists come out of the woodwork and have the validation that they seek for their beliefs.

I shouldn't be surprised. Logically I know you can find that kind of bigotry and hatred everywhere in society. But actually seeing it in people still shocks me.

I don't think expressing a preference is breeding hatred and contempt. We really need to get off that whole thing. Seriously. People have preferences and they have their own set of beliefs.

Not everyone has to like everything. That's where individually comes in. Some guys don't like brunettes. It doesn't breed hatred when they comment on preferring blondes.

I disagree completely with how she thinks, and therefore I don't watch her movies or buy anything she promotes. Just like I wouldn't even buy a drink at Chik Filet. I'm not putting money in the pockets, even if it's $2, of those I disagree with that strongly.

That's how the market speaks. If people disagree with her stance, then the station will falter. That'll be her clue that fans don't support her. But we really have to cut the nonsense about a dissenting opinion causing "hatred and contempt".

[MonarchMom]

Great American Family’s Neal Bledsoe chooses not to work with Burre after her public statements.

fallout from Candace Cameron Bure’s comments about portraying “traditional marriage” on Great America Family continues. Neal Bledsoe has announced he is stepping away from the network in a lengthy statement emphasizing his support for the LGBTQIA+ community.

"I cannot take comfort from, nor will I give refuge to, those who excuse exclusion and promote division in any way, shape, or form. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, and these are mine: the recent comments made by leadership at Great American Family are hurtful, wrong, and reflect an ideology that prioritizes judgment over love,” he continued. “I was raised as a Christian, and believe in the essential message of love and forgiveness. That said, I could never forgive myself for continuing my relationship with a network that actively chooses to exclude the LGBTQIA+ community."

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