Isn't this bigot the dreamiest?
Remember Kirk Cameron? No? Perhaps you know him better as Mike Seaver, silly teen heartthrob on the '80s sitcom
Growing Pains.
Well, little Kirk is all growed up now, and he's on a big publicity tour for his new "documentary," Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure, which apparently is about how this country was absolutely perfect and awesome until the gays ruined it.
While promoting his documentary in this interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, Kirk offered a preview of what glorious things you'll learn from his flick:
"Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either," explains Cameron. "So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't." [...]
"I think that it's - it's - it's unnatural. I think that it's - it's detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization."
When pretty much everyone, including two of his former co-stars on
Growing Pains,
criticized him for the bigot he is, poor Kirk Cameron could not believe the way people were oppressing his right to hate people, and now he's fighting back against his oppressors:
“I spoke as honestly as I could, but some people believe my responses were not loving toward those in the gay community. That is not true. I can assuredly say that it’s my life’s mission to love all people.”
“I should be able to express moral views on social issues,” he said, “especially those that have been the underpinning of Western civilization for 2,000 years — without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who preach ‘tolerance’ that I need to either bend my beliefs to their moral standards or be silent when I’m in the public square.” [...]
“I believe we need to learn how to debate these things with greater love and respect,” and added, “I’ve been encouraged by the support of many friends (including gay friends, incidentally).”
Take that, you intolerant liberals! Kirk's got gay friends, "incidentally," and everyone knows that citing your incidental gay friends is the best proof there is that your bigoted opinions are not bigoted.
And, as if Kirk's reference to his mysterious gay friends weren't enough, Stephen Baldwin, aka the blemish on the Baldwin family tree, has rushed to Kirk's defense:
"He has the right to stand up and say what he believes in," said Baldwin, known for his evangelical Christian faith. "What he means is the nuclear family is the origin of what this country was founded on. ... So there is marriage between a man and a woman ... and that's obviously changing."
I don't know about you, but nothing is more persuasive to me than the Lesser Baldwin chiming in with his views on ... well, anything. I mean, it's Stephen
freakin' Baldwin. Can't argue with that!
Now we just need Tony Danza to weigh in on this issue so we'll know what to think about our nation's history and just how mean and intolerant the gays really are of Kirk Cameron's beliefs. He is the boss, after all.