Candace Cameron Bure Responds to 'Traditional Marriage' Backlash in Statement

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the other day, because she has now released a very long statement. “I would like to address my comments on Great American Family’s programming as reported in The Wall Street Journal,” Bure begins, referring to the interview in which she contended that, unlike Hallmark, which has begun featuring LGBTQ love stories, “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core.”On Instagram, Bure writes, “It absolutely breaks my heart that anyone would ever think I intentionally would want to offend and hurt anyone.” She adds, “It saddens me that the media is often seeking to divide us, even around a subject as comforting and merry as Christmas movies.

But, given the toxic climate in our culture right now, I shouldn’t be surprised. We need Christmas more than ever.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.As a “devoted Christian,” Bure continues, she says she is called upon to love all human beings, and her heart yearns to be a reflection of God's love. “To those who hate what I value and who are attacking me online: I love you.

To those who have tried to assassinate my character: I love you. To everyone reading this, of any race, creed, sexuality, or political party, including those who have tried to bully me with name-calling, I love you.”Because the statement does not name names, it's unclear if Bure's “bullies” also include her on-again, off-again , , who wrote on , “honestly, I can’t 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.