{"id":1742798,"date":"2022-11-17T15:32:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742798"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:32:49","slug":"candace-cameron-bure-vs-lgbtq-hollywood-the-battle-for-sanity-prevails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-cameron-bure-vs-lgbtq-hollywood-the-battle-for-sanity-prevails\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Cameron Bure Vs. LGBTQ Hollywood: The Battle For Sanity Prevails"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcandace-cameron-bure-vs-lgbtq-hollywood-the-battle-for-sanity-prevails%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1742798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>There\u2019s no denying that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/candace-cameron-bure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candace Cameron Bure<\/a> has become a key figure in opposition to the LGBTQ agenda in Hollywood whether she likes it or not.<\/p>\n<p>Examining Bure\u2019s original comments that set off a firestorm reveals nothing homophobic, hateful, rude, or close-minded. In fact, the 46-year-old \u201cFull House\u201d alum and the head of Great American Family TV network (GAF) Bill Abbott even left the door open for alternative lifestyle content in the future.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t matter, though. In today\u2019s climate, the mere fact that GAF\u2019s Christmas movie lineup doesn\u2019t include same-sex storylines right now is enough to ostracize Bure even further from her celebrity peers. Big-name stars are speaking out against her, mainstream media outlets are furious, and the Twitter mob has come out in force.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all because the former Hallmark actress said GAF movies will focus on \u201ctraditional marriage\u201d between one man and one woman \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy reached a fever pitch in mid-November when The Wall Street Journal released an interview with Bure during which she discussed her motivations for leaving The Hallmark Channel for GAF. Prior to her departure, Bure\u2019s career had flourished as she starred in over two dozen films for Hallmark, with more than 10 of them Christmas-themed.<\/p>\n<p>Then Bure announced she was following former Hallmark CEO Abbott to GAF, where she\u2019d be acting and producing projects of a similar nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them,\u201d the actress<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/candace-cameron-bure-confirms-network-will-keep-traditional-marriage-at-the-core-while-hallmark-leans-into-lgbtq-stories\"> told WSJ<\/a> of making the switch. \u201cI knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFull House\u201d star spoke glowingly of GAF\u2019s mission without dissing her former network. But then the interviewer asked Bure if there were any plans for same-sex storylines at GAF. She responded that there were not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core,\u201d the actress replied. Abbott chimed in, saying gay romances weren\u2019t in the plans, but also weren\u2019t explicitly forbidden. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly the year 2022, so we\u2019re aware of the trends. There\u2019s no whiteboard that says, \u2018Yes, this\u2019 or \u2018No, we\u2019ll never go here,\u2019\u201d he told the publication.<\/p>\n<p>This comment set off the activists, who were furious that Bure would dare vocalize what she was so clearly doing. The interview was released just as The Hallmark Channel gets ready to debut their first-ever Christmas movie feature two gay characters in the leading roles. \u201cThe Holiday Sitter\u201d premieres December 11.<\/p>\n<p>The network had included gay characters in their films before but never as the featured storyline. Hallmark is responding to intense pressure from LGBTQ advocacy groups and had recently declared their aim of \u201ccreating a Hallmark experience where everyone feels welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides the Hallmark push, there\u2019s another likely reason the WSJ interviewer asked about gay couples during the interview. Abbott left Hallmark just after a controversy that arose when he refused to air a commercial for the wedding planning site Zola that featured two women kissing. The TV exec never cited that incident as his reason for leaving Hallmark for GAF, but it was rumored to be a major factor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, George Zaralidis, VP of network programming for Hallmark parent company Crown Media Family, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/hallmark-says-it-active-negotiations-include-lgbtq-storylines-its-holiday-n1233914\">NBC<\/a> in 2020 that \u201cdiversity and inclusion\u201d was \u201ca top priority\u201d and that they \u201c[looked] forward to making some exciting programming announcements in the coming months, including announcements about projects featuring LGBTQ storylines, characters, and actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that announcement, Abbott stepped down to join what was then called Great American Channel and ostensibly create a more traditionally-focused rival to go up against the progressive Hallmark Channel.<\/p>\n<p>His next order of business was recruiting big-name stars to help make the network successful. Bure was one of the biggest scores for GAF.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFull House\u201d alum is well-liked in the Hollywood community, but her comments about focusing on \u201ctraditional marriage\u201d while working for GAF have inspired many fellow celebrities to speak out against her.<\/p>\n<p>For example, \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d actress Hilarie Burton bluntly referred to Bure as a \u201cbigot\u201d for her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember Jesus liking hypocrites like Candy. But sure. Make your money, honey. You ride that prejudice wave all the way to the bank,\u201d Burton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HilarieBurton\/status\/1592308429338869762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I can\u2019t believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press. This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people,\u201d pop star JoJo Siwa, who came out as a member of the LGBTQ community in 2021, shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Bure\u2019s former \u201cFull House\u201d co-star Jodie Sweeten indirectly slammed her former on-screen sister by responding to Siwa\u2019s post with a comment saying, \u201cYou know I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Football player and self-described \u201cqueer jew fairy in stiletto nails\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no denying that Candace Cameron Bure has become a key figure in opposition to the LGBTQ agenda in Hollywood whether she likes it or not. Examining Bure\u2019s original comments that set off a firestorm reveals nothing homophobic, hateful, rude, or close-minded. In fact, the 46-year-old \u201cFull House\u201d alum and the head of Great American &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1742801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1742801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}