{"id":506113,"date":"2021-02-05T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/kirk-cameron\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:43","slug":"kirk-cameron","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/kirk-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/us\/2012\/03\/03\/piers-kirk-cameron-gay-marriage-unnatural.cnn\">Said<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/us\/2012\/03\/03\/piers-kirk-cameron-gay-marriage-unnatural.cnn\"> same-sex marriage <\/a>is \u201cunnatural,\u201d that homosexuality is \u201cunnatural\u2026 detrimental and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/298546\/kirk_cameron_homosexuality_detrimental\">When asked what he\u2019d do if one of his sons was gay<\/a>, said, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say, \u2018That\u2019s great, son, as long as you\u2019re happy.\u2019 I\u2019m going to say, \u2018There are all sorts of issues we need to wrestle through in our life. Just because you feel one way doesn\u2019t mean we should act on everything we feel.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/kirk-cameron-part-hosting-fundraiser-anti-lgbtq-group-20200420\">Hosted a Facebook Live fundraiser<\/a> to raise money for Samaritan\u2019s Purse, an anti-LGBTQ group led by evangelist Franklin Graham. The organization opened a COVID-19 clinic in New York City and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/04\/06\/fact-check-covid-19-responders-required-sign-anti-lgbtq-statement\/2955105001\/\">required health-care workers<\/a> to sign an anti-LGBTQ \u201cstatement of faith.\u201d The statement includes: \u201cGod instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. 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