Candace Cameron Bure slammed comments about ‘traditional marriages’

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Candace Cameron Bure will have a merry Christmas, but she won’t be making her holiday season gay as she focuses on stories that put “traditional marriage” in the foreground.

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That Full house Alum and former Hallmark star will helm new holiday rom-coms for the Great American Family channel, but her films won’t delve into LGBTQ love stories.

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“I think Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at its core,” Bure said in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. “My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth.”

For over a decade, 47-year-old Bure earned the nickname “Queen of Christmas” after starring in various Christmas movies for the Hallmark Channel before joining GAF, a Christian faith-based network.

GAF will emphasize Christianity in the stories it brings to screens, says CEO Bill Abbott. “Spiritual or faith-based content is severely underserved,” says Abbott.

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But he stopped saying that his stories completely ignore LGBTQ characters. “It’s definitely 2022, so we know the trends,” he adds. “There’s no whiteboard that says ‘yes, that’ or ‘no, we’re never going to get here’.”

Bure’s comments have been criticized by several Hollywood stars, including A hill of trees alum Hilarie Burton and So you think you can dance Judge JoJo Siwa, who called Bure “the rudest celebrity” she’d ever met in a viral TikTok video earlier this summer.

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“Now they just openly admit their bigotry. I canceled that years ago when Abbott was at Hallmark. Good thing they dropped him. Being LGBTQ is not a “trend”. This guy and his network are disgusting. You too, candy. There is nothing untraditional about same-sex couples,” Burton tweeted in response to Bure’s comments.

in one follow up tweetBurton called Bure a “fanatic”.

“I don’t remember Jesus liking hypocrites like Candy. Why, surely. Earn your money honey. You’re riding this wave of prejudice to the bank,” she wrote.

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Burton’s husband, Living Dead Star Jeffrey Dean Morgan, spotted his wife’s post and pounced on Bure. “How could I miss that jerk?! Who the heck is this person?” he wrote. “Wife has words AND timing.”

Meanwhile, Siwa, who identifies as queer, confronted Bure in an Instagram post.

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“Honestly, after everything that happened a few months ago, I can’t believe that not only is she making a film with the intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but she is then speaking about it in the press,” Siwa wrote. “This is rude and hurtful to an entire community of people.”

But Bure’s daughter defended the actress’ comments on her Instagram Story as she listed her “favorite thing.”[s]’ about her ‘mama’.

Natasha Bure praised her mother, pictured alongside her former NHLer father Valeri, writing, “How much she loves Jesus and how strong she is in her faith. She is brave. She’s nice. She is so creative and has one of the biggest hearts. I look up to her in many ways.”

Natasha praised her parents in a separate post, thanking them “Resurrection in the Word of God”

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“The media is an absolutely disgusting space for negativity and I always applaud you for handling yourself with the utmost grace,” she wrote in part. “As they continually twist the narrative to crush the kingdom, you remain firm in the faith and never allow others to dim your light for him.”

Hallmark will debut The Holiday Sitterhis first holiday feature dedicated to a same-sex couple on December 11 on W Network.

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