Mike Seaver

I don't know if anyone was able to see the Piers Morgan interview on CNN with former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron, if you didn't, he was there supposedly to tell about his upcoming movie being released next week. He has several movies about marriage; "Fireproof" "Courageous" and his new one "Monumental.". Well, talk of the new film lasted all of five seconds anyway, most of the guest appearance was more of an interrogation of his personal beliefs. One question point blank was "What do you tell your kids about gay marriage?"

Cameron responded, “I’d tell my children what I believe myself…I believe that marriage was defined by God a long time ago. 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. I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage, and I don’t think anyone else should, either. So do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don’t.”

Cameron’s former “Growing Pains” co-star Alan Thicke, who played Cameron’s former TV dad, tweeted Monday, “I’m getting him some new books. The Old Testament simply can’t be expected to explain everything…I love Kirk but I may have to spank him…’tho not in a gay way!”

I love how Mr Cameron responds “The only way to properly answer these kind of questions is to begin the discussion with another question: Is life and sexuality sacred or are they not? If they are, then God has something to say about these things. If not, then everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the matter. I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. I should be able to express moral views on social issues – 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. In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It’s inescapable. But it is also a complicated subject, and that is why I believe we need to learn how to debate these things with greater love and respect.”

Well said, Mike Seaver.