By now you’ve certainly heard the comments made by irrelevant-former-sitcom-star-cum-bad-all-around-Jesus-freak-actor Kirk Cameron about gays. That he was even given a forum on a national show kinda surprises me — what could Cameron have to say about anything at this late date that could be of even passing intellectual/entertainment/political relevance? They might as well book Squiggy.
But what I really find distasteful is Piers Morgan defending Cameron for being “brave” in saying what he thinks.
Hmmm. Now, Piers: I know you’re not an American. I know you think a gossip peddler like Rupert Murdoch defines good journalism (which, in England, it probably does). I know with a name like Piers Morgan, you probably have some Frenchman in ya, and thus are unaffiliated with what bravery really is. But please, spouting off ignorant bigotry doesn’t make you brave; instead, it makes you — what’s the term? — oh, yeah: An ignorant bigot. I wonder if you would describe James Earl Ray for being brave for assassinating a man he really didn’t agree with. Or Orville Faubus for being brave for bullying black teenagers and defying the U.S. Supreme Court for wanting to end segregation. Or how about those kids in Wyoming who beat Matthew Shepard to death because they sincerely felt it was inappropriate for him to hit on them. We, sir, have different definitions of bravery.
For instance, I don’t consider you brave in defending Cameron. I consider you a moron. I guess it’s brave for a moron to go on TV every night and hope people don’t see through his ignorance. But I prefer to save to term brave for my grandfather, who ran up the beaches of Normandy on June 3, 1944 to stave off the exact kind of hatred and misinformation that, 70 years later, Cameron and his ilk seem to still believe. You disgust me, Piers Morgan, if you think spouting off homophobia is anything other than pathetic and misinformed.
You have it all wrong about Christianity and our beliefs in what Christ teaches us. We Do Not hate homosexuals and there is no phobia towards it. It’s plain and simple. We do not condone sinful behaviours. We all are sinful, we all struggle with temptations some choose to fall into it, some choose to fight it.
God doesn’t hate homosexuals, he loves each and everyone of us,even you! He wants us to live for him and not for sin.
It is sad to see how the majority of people today want to make a stand for something so perverted. This is a choice people make in their lives, they were Not born into it! They were influenced at some point int their life, and something caused them to fall into their temptation. And now everyone is to accept this. Not me!
What perversions will all of you people want everyone to accept next?? Alcoholism,drug addiction, child molesters, murderers??
I’ll say it again, we do not hate the people! We will not accept what they do!
You claim you are for human rights, then stop being an ignorant bigot yourself. And let us live how we choose and stop trying to “preach” to us and force it down our throats. I stand for Christ. I do love the people. I don’t accept their lifestyle.
It is pathetic how people question a Christian on whether they accept homosexual acts,already knowing the answer. But, when they hear it there is a huge uproar. Leave us alone then! Stop being a hypocritical bully.
Bravo; Piers has no right to defend this bigot, KC. And he has used an improper term to describe his bigotry. Right on!
Amanda
You say you stand for Christ. I think you and Kirk VAmeron are in great need of Christ.
Perhaps it would help you if you educated yourself about the research in medical science that clearly recognizes that homosexuality is determined before birth. Gay people DID NOT choose to be gay.
Kirk Cameron WAS taking a stand for Christ. I am thankful for his courage. The persecution he is experiancing now is what we Christians expect…the Bible clearly teaches us that we are not popular in this world and in fact we are PROUD to be persecuted for Christ. I pray for those I know who are gay as well as those trapped in OTHER types of sin. We are all in need of a savior. Also, the way gay men engage in intimacy causes damage to the body…it leads to perianal disease, rectal disease and sexual trauma. If it was as natural as they claim, it would not harm the human body to engage in this act. Please google this if you don’t beleive me.
If being gay is OK, then why does one have to come out of a closet. It is sinful in God’s eyes. Read the bible. We will all be judged in the end, not by the world, but by God. I pray for the lost. I was one until recently and Jesus is very much alive.
@ Amanda,
When did you choose to be straight?
Amanda, tell all your Christian friends to leave us alone and, only when that happens, we will leave you alone. You are an ignorant person. How dare you compare Gays to child molesters and drug users. We do not EVER need the approval of you or your peers, because we are a strong and resilient group who will not accept bigotry. A man wrote the Bible and a man translated the ancient text to English. What do you know? And who is really bothering who? Let us live our “sinful” lives and leave us ALONE!
Nice work attacking bigotry with bigotry. Have you even been to France or the UK before? You obviously have no idea that Rupert Murdoch is seen over here in England as the pinnacle of corrupt and unjust journalism. I hate to defend a slimebag such as Piers Morgan but please don’t use xenophobia to back up your argument
Disagree. I think you are taking Piers’ comment out of context. I understood his “brave” comment in the smug way in which he says most everything. I think he means, Kirk was brave to go toe to toe with him, knowing they clearly disagree, and clearly thinking himself to be superior to most other shows/personalities. I watched the interview on Friday night, and Piers grilled Kirk and defended our community. I would challenge you Mr. Jones and say you are doing the exact same thing to Piers that you are accusing Kirk of doing, by throwing around your American chauvinism in this piece. Yes, Piers is a cocky SOB, but I actually found the interview pretty interesting, and I have found that he has defended our community of numerous occasions.
Handing Kirk Cameron a microphone and an audience is not journalism.
What a ridiculous article. First of all, Piers Morgan asked HIM what he thought about homosexuality, and he answered honestly according to his personal beliefs. Secondly, he NEVER said a single hateful thing, nor did he condemn anyone. All religions assign moral value to certain actions. In the Jewish faith, pigs are considered to be unclean animals and eating them makes one unclean as a result. Is it “hate speech” against people who eat pork to say that eating the flesh of a pig is displeasing to God? Of course not! It is simply stating a personal belief. Thirdly, Alan Thicke needs to get a clue. Homosexuality is also condemned in the new testament, not just the old. Fourthly, whether or not people are born homosexual has exactly zero to do with the morality of practicing homosexuality. Some babies are born addicted to crack. That doesn’t make it ok to continue feeding that addiction throughout one’s life.
People need to get off their high horses and realize that nothing hateful ever came out of Kirk’s mouth. There is nothing wrong with a person stating the moral quality of certain actions according to their religious beliefs. It is when we presume to judge the PERSON that we are treading on dangerous ground and entering the territory of bigotry. I saw none of that in Kirk’s comments.
It is a Choice!
I’m not wanting to give you a life testimony. But, I will say I have been through struggles in my life where I had been tempted and could have taken my life in another direction- But having Christ in my life has given me the Know-How to guard The choice and Fight off those temptations. The choice I made has been a fabulous one. I am happy and fulfilled as a result.
I see the people that were a part of my life,(some are homosexuals) they have continued in a different direction and are still living today in heartache, depression, emptiness, abuse and one I know of suffering with AIDS and another committed suicide.
That isn’t The life Christ wants us to live.
I can’t help them, only God can. So, all I can do is pray for them and pray for you. Love in Christ.
Yes, Amanda. That’s called being bisexual.
God Made Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Steve.
I never said anything about me struggling with my sexuality. I’ve ALWAYS been STRAIGHT. I was referring to sin in general and how each and everyone of us has to deal with sin.We are living in a world all kinds of sin. We all have to make choices. We all need a Savior.
seriously? why is it that so called christians keep finding their way here to spread their filth? and then play the victim when we aren’t receptive? go crawl back up on your cross and be a martyr somewhere else, i’m bored with you.
Amanda – you are clearly ignorant.
Why are Christians even on here writing about things they don’t understand? Isn’t there a republican primary you should be watching?
Please check your assumptions and don’t lump the enemy into one category; ‘Christian’. That’s just as damaging as the toxic conversations that have initiated this conflict. There are millions more people who identify as Christian including more than ten other valid denominations who endorse social and political platforms not represented by evangelicals and Catholics. It is worthless to harp on about love when the principles of acceptance and tolerance end up being killed off by the person’s very own belief system. When I think teen suicide in 2012, I think of gay and gay-perceived kids who are told that they and their potential relationships are worthless, unnatural, detrimental and ultimately destructive to civilization by people whose opinions are supported by their selective readings of their Bibles. People like Kirk Cameron. I apologize to the LGBT community for the way that Christian bigots treat and judge members of the LGBT community.