<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game">Kirk Cameron</a> reacted to his faith-based story hour being interrupted by Drag Queens and activists, noting the irony that the group that pushes &#8220;inclusion and tolerance&#8221; tried to ruin things — but he insisted they would not succeed.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron">52-year-old</a> actor appeared recently at the Fayetteville Public Library in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where more than 500 parents and kids showed up to hear Cameron read his new book from Brave Books — &#8220;As You Grow &#8221; — and &#8220;Elephants Are Not Birds&#8221; read by de-transitioner Laura Perry Smalts.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-riley-gaines-and-duck-dynasty-alum-missy-robertson-harassed-by-library-staff-at-faith-based-story-hour">Cameron</a> spoke to The Daily Wire on Monday about how these parents had showed up and the &#8220;eye-sore of the event was these creepy, scary men in black and white dresses and heels and veils &#8230; blocking families&#8217; views and holding up scary signs &#8230; and really upsetting the families that were there.&#8221;
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&#8220;So, for the group that&#8217;s all about inclusion and tolerance, they sure are hell bent on excluding families &#8230; and really want to crash the party,&#8221; the actor explained. &#8220;They were accusing us of scaring children with our books, but they just looked scary. It was really weird and creeping everyone out. &#8221;
&#8220;We had to increase security because of the threats [at this event in particular] that were communicated and we want to make sure that kids are not a part of any sort of dangerous protest,&#8221; he added.
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star said this event wasn&#8217;t the only one were they have been notified ahead of time about a security threat to parents coming out with their kids to hear this book about love, kindness, family, and faith.
&#8220;There have been others the publisher has received for other story hours,&#8221; Cameron said.
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Several of the protestors have shared photos from the day, with at least one offering instructions on how to protest future Cameron story hour events.
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Art Protest Leader Simone Cottrell <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sim1creates">shared on Facebook</a> a photo posing outside the library like a statue with a sign that read, &#8220;Where is Justice&#8221; and showing a children&#8217;s book that deals with sex.
Pro-LGBTQ Pastor Clint Snekloth <a href="https://www.facebook.com/schnekloth">shared tips</a> for &#8220;protesters at future Kirk Cameron book readings&#8221; warning them the event &#8220;will be triggering&#8221; and suggesting kids who were there with their parents are &#8220;currently in the cult.&#8221;
When pressed by the Daily Wire on what Cameron would like to say to those upset about his events or are planning to upset future ones,&#8221; the &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star said that they would not stop him and Brave Books from hosting these story hours.
&#8220;An arthritic flea could more reasonably stop a stampede of wild elephants running to a mud bath, than a few sad, misguided individuals can stop the tidal wave of good families streaming in to join our fun, faith-filled, wholesome and patriotic Brave Books Story Hours,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;Early RSVP&#8217;s are in: Party-poopers will be outnumbered 100 to 1. See you at the library!&#8221;

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‘The Eye-Sore Of The Event’: Kirk Cameron Reacts To Faith-Based Story Hour Interrupted By Drag Queens, Activists

'The Eye-Sore Of The Event': Kirk Cameron Reacts To Faith-Based Story Hour Interrupted By Drag Queens, Activists

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Drag Queen story hour

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Faith

Kirk Cameron

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> reacted to The Daily Wire&#8217;s report about how he, swim champion <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swim-champ-riley-gaines-drops-shocking-claims-about-lia-thomas-on-crain-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a>, and &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; alum Missy Robertson were harassed by library staff at his faith-based story hour in Tennessee on February 25.
The 52-year-old actor spoke to The Daily Wire on Wednesday about what happened at the Hendersonville public library and admitted he wasn&#8217;t sure how they were going to be greeted after dealing with some pushback by the the director Allan Morales. Initially, Morales approved the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-calls-attendance-at-faith-based-story-hour-overwhelming-after-he-says-nearly-1000-people-pack-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faith-based story hour</a> event for Cameron to read his book, &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=as+you+grow+book&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6fafBhC1ARIsAIJjL8lzWzAA-VXOAJxZE3swDeSSlJo22BHZy-6TEwUjvUUfU0SFiXMuY9gaAudNEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=323067330915&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031869&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=205687976781233372&amp;hvtargid=kwd-462106938386&amp;hydadcr=22535_10344669&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_1znpx9gz5f_b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As You Grow</a>,&#8221; by publisher Brave Books, but when he learned who Cameron was and that he would be joined by Robertson and Gaines, he wanted to cancel, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-riley-gaines-and-duck-dynasty-alum-missy-robertson-harassed-by-library-staff-at-faith-based-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;We didn&#8217;t know what was going to happen,&#8221; Cameron shared. &#8220;All we knew was that we had a reservation. We had rented [the room] and got a receipt. &#8230; And then they tried to push us off and kind of hide us in a little church down the street. We decided that I am not going to ghost hundreds of people at a public library who think I&#8217;m going to be there. I told them I would be there so I&#8217;m coming, and we will just see what happens.&#8221;
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The TV star wanted to reiterate that the story here is about &#8220;how people are coming out of the woodwork to support good values.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not about this disgruntled library director,&#8221; the actor shared before taking time to clarify what had been reported about him and Morales exchanging some loud words before the event.
&#8220;And then when we were filming some things in the lobby,&#8221; he added, noting that this is during the time that the clanging of the books, the stomping, and the music took place. And that&#8217;s when I heard him [Morales] say, &#8216;No, we&#8217;re not going to turn off the music, we&#8217;ve got stuff to do. And besides, you guys aren&#8217;t even supposed to be here.’”
Cameron said he told the director, “‘Actually sir, that&#8217;s not true. We are supposed to be here. This is a public library and we&#8217;ve rented the space.’ And he [Morales] walked away.&#8221;
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He called the staff&#8217;s treatment of him and the others &#8220;disappointing,&#8221; but noted that Morales and his staff&#8217;s attempt to turn them away instead created a revival.
&#8220;It&#8217;s another example of another denial turning into a revival,&#8221; Kirk explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s a beautiful gathering of people that are saying, &#8216;We don&#8217;t want this woke and broke ideology to come to our town.’ In a sense, I want to thank the disgruntled librarians for teeing up a local revival for us.&#8221;
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star also backed what Gaines and Robertson told us about how hundreds of attendees were treated by the staff who made families stay out in the cold and rain, rather then let them inside the &#8220;big beautiful library&#8221; to wait until they could get into the conference room where the reading was taking place.
Cameron said trying to shut down events like his faith-based story hour is playing the long game; the Left knows that &#8220;the children of today become the leaders of tomorrow,” which is why he&#8217;s doing the book tour in order to reach as &#8220;many hearts and minds of children as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;Because love and kindness and faithfulness and self control, that&#8217;s the fruit that comes from the root of a Judeo Christian world view,&#8221; the actor explained. &#8220;So, it&#8217;s the root that they don&#8217;t like. So, the reason that they&#8217;re rejecting my book is not because they don&#8217;t like the word love. It&#8217;s because it&#8217;s connected to the root of a Judeo Christian world view, which is the foundation of this country and leads to liberty.&#8221;
The Daily Wire previously reached out to the director of the public library in Hendersonville, who told us that &#8220;with all the stuff that has gone back and forth,&#8221; he would &#8220;not like to comment&#8221; and that he&#8217;s &#8220;going to stay out of it.&#8221;
Cameron explained that this spring, he will be busy with several more stops on the book tour, including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Cameron encouraged people to hold their own story hour at their library. He also said that those who want to support their efforts can join the Brave Braves <a href="https://bravebooks.us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book of the month club</a>, which provides books that &#8220;teach these values to your own kids.&#8221;

Kirk Cameron Reacts To Library Harassment At Faith-Based Story Hour, Says Left’s Playing The Long Game

Kirk Cameron Reacts To Library Harassment At Faith-Based Story Hour, Says Left's Playing The Long Game

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Kirk Cameron, swim champion <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swim-champ-riley-gaines-drops-shocking-claims-about-lia-thomas-on-crain-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> and &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; alum Missy Robertson said they were harassed by staff at a library in Tennessee where they spoke about traditional values about faith and family.
In the week leading up to the preapproved faith-based <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-calls-attendance-at-faith-based-story-hour-overwhelming-after-he-says-nearly-1000-people-pack-library" target="_blank" rel="noopener">story hour</a> event, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron&#8217;s</a> publisher Brave Books said they had started to get pushback from the director at the Hendersonville library Allan Morales, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-runs-trouble-tennessee-ahead-patriotic-book-event-negative-pushback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported. The publisher said Morales &#8220;did not want a movement coming to his library&#8221; after learning who <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=as+you+grow+book&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6fafBhC1ARIsAIJjL8lzWzAA-VXOAJxZE3swDeSSlJo22BHZy-6TEwUjvUUfU0SFiXMuY9gaAudNEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=323067330915&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031869&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=205687976781233372&amp;hvtargid=kwd-462106938386&amp;hydadcr=22535_10344669&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_1znpx9gz5f_b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> was and that he would be joined by Robertson and Gaines. However, the publisher said when the &#8220;library&#8217;s board of directors and the community&#8221; learned this, they were for the story hour and &#8220;the library staff backed down.&#8221;
Robertson told us that she was &#8220;taken off guard&#8221; by what happened that day after being asked to be a guest reader of her book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Because-Youre-Family-Missy-Robertson/dp/1955550085" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Because You&#8217;re My Family</a>.&#8221; Robertson and Cameron started filming at the library for their joint promo hours before the event and that&#8217;s when the first trouble started.
&#8220;We kept hearing all these noises, people laughing and talking,&#8221; Robertson shared. &#8220;And then it just kept getting louder and louder. It sounded like they were slamming books together and kicking cabinets. And Kirk and the head of the library [Morales] kind of had a couple of shouting exchanges. And I thought, okay, something&#8217;s going on here.&#8221;
Robertson said that things became &#8220;almost explosive&#8221; when it was Riley&#8217;s turn to do her promos and that&#8217;s when she turned on her camera.
Gaines — who has been open about having to compete against biological male trans swimmer Lia Thomas — talked to us about what happened. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_4982.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video obtained</a> by The Daily Wire from Robertson supported the accounts.
&#8220;I&#8217;m in front of the camera and I&#8217;m filming my piece and all the sudden the staff started blaring music,&#8221; Gaines told us. &#8220;And so I asked them, &#8216;hey guys we have sixty more seconds … I just need to film this one time and then you guys can play all the music you want.'&#8221;
&#8220;And so these older women, librarians, came out from behind the desk and they said &#8216;well, actually we&#8217;re not turning the music off. We&#8217;re using the music, this is how we cope, with the stress that you&#8217;re putting us under. We don&#8217;t have to turn the music off because it&#8217;s for our mental health,'&#8221; she added.
Gaines spoke to Allan about needing the music down and the librarians turned it off. However, as she started talking about her &#8220;personal experience in competing against&#8221; Thomas, sharing that it takes &#8220;power to stand in the truth&#8221; and acknowledge that men and women are, of course, separate, the staff started making noise again.
&#8220;These ladies are slamming books on the counter,&#8221; Gaines said. &#8220;They are stomping their feet, slamming books, and slamming doors. And screeching. I was so baffled by their behavior. So I went up to the desk and I was like &#8216;Are you guys serious? This is the most blatantly disrespectful thing I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life.'&#8221;
&#8220;We are supposed to live in a country where we have freedom of speech, freedom of religion,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Which those both were things that myself and Missy and Kirk were exercising. And to have people look at you like you don&#8217;t belong … is disgusting. And this was in my hometown, I was like, this was supposed to happen in California, not Tennessee.&#8221;
Robertson said, &#8220;This did not happen in California or New York, this happened in Nashville. People are moving from CA and NY to Nashville to get away from this kind of stuff. I told my husband and my father-in-law today, they are coming for our children … I saw it with my own eyes on Saturday and it scared me to death.&#8221;
&#8220;You know we&#8217;ve heard about all the transgender books and the Drag queen [events],&#8221; she added. &#8220;For some reason they&#8217;re not having problems putting that stuff in libraries, but talking about love and joy and gentleness, that&#8217;s a problem? We&#8217;re pretty messed up if that&#8217;s the standard that we are living by, teaching our children now.&#8221;
Chief of Staff at Brave Books, Zach Bell, called the encounter with Morales and his staff &#8220;just terrible.&#8221;
&#8220;We weren&#8217;t trying to be divisive … he [Morales] wanted to give us as little access to the library as possible, just the room that we had rented,&#8221; Bell shared. &#8220;The library director starts acting like a three year old &#8230; Him and two older ladies are clanging coins, playing music.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s as simple as this.&#8221; he added. &#8220;Allan didn&#8217;t know who Kirk Cameron was. He would&#8217;ve denied us the ability to come to the library. He doesn&#8217;t want this movement coming to his library &#8230; And when he found out who we were and what we we were doing who Kirk was &#8230; his goal was for us not to come.&#8221;
Gaines, Robertson, and Bell told us the staff also made it &#8220;difficult for people who were there to attend the event.&#8221; Riley explained that they wouldn&#8217;t let the attendees enter through the main entrance which she said they closed to people who were there for the event. She said the staff then made attendees &#8220;enter through a side door.&#8221;
Robertson said after the public library opened, the staff &#8220;made everyone stand out in the cold and rain.&#8221; She said when she left &#8220;there were hundreds of people and families lined up down the sidewalk, around the building and down the street standing in the cold.&#8221;
Bell told us they estimate that 700 people showed up for two book readings and said he wasn&#8217;t sure why the staff made the families stay out in the cold and rain until they all could filter into the conference room that held 300 people at a time.
The Daily Wire reached out to the Director of the Public library in Hendersonville, who told us that &#8220;with all the stuff that has gone back and forth&#8221; he would &#8220;not like to comment&#8221; and that he&#8217;s &#8220;going to stay out of it.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life">&#8216;Cowardice&#8217;: Kirk Cameron Slams Hollywood Studios That Passed On &#8216;Lifemark&#8217; With Message About &#8216;Life&#8217;</a>

Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines And ‘Duck Dynasty’ Alum Missy Robertson Harassed By Library Staff At Faith-Based Story Hour

Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines And 'Duck Dynasty' Alum Missy Robertson Harassed By Library Staff At Faith-Based Story Hour

Duck Dynasty

Lia Thomas

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Woke Culture

A kiss is just a kiss, according to “As Time Goes By” songwriter Herman Hupfeld.
Tell that to select Hollywood stars who see smooches differently. Most stars dutifully do as their directors tell them, be it saving a damsel in distress or planting a wet one on her before the end credits roll.
A select group of stars, however, won’t commit to that act, and they have various reasons for it.
Some, like veteran actor Neal McDonough of “Yellowstone” and “Justified” fame, refuse to kiss anyone other than their wives – on screen or off. McDonough has been married to model Ruve Robertson for nearly 20 years, and he says his no-kissing policy <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/actor-neal-mcdonough-says-lost-job-refused-sex-scene-hard-years-2-163132726.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">damaged his otherwise bustling career</a>. 
The deeply religious McDonough got fired from the short-lived ABC show “Scoundrels” when he refused to shoot sex scenes with co-star Virginia Madsen. That caused his phone to stop ringing, the actor said.
“After that, I couldn’t get a job because everybody thought I was this religious zealot.”
Producer Graham Yost, who worked with McDonough on HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” brought him back from the creative abyss. Yost hired the actor to play a villain on the third season of FX’s “Justified,” a gig he says re-ignited his career.
It won’t surprise Kirk Cameron’s fanbase that he holds a similar worldview when it comes to his craft. The “Growing Pains” alum is one of show business’ most openly Christian performers, and he similarly refuses to kiss anyone but his wife with or without cameras rolling.
It’s been his practice for some time, but it didn’t stop a powerful moment from his 2008 hit “Fireproof” from happening. The scene in question asked Cameron to <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/kirk-cameron-ill-only-kiss-my-wife-2D80555063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kiss his on-screen wife, played by Erin Bethea.</a>
The scene mattered, so the “Fireproof” team got creative. They brought in Cameron’s wife, Chelsea Noble, who he met on the set of “Growing Pains,” and had the two share a kiss. The sequence was shot in silhouette, obscuring Noble’s face enough for audiences to believe Cameron’s firefighter was kissing Bethea.
The father of six isn’t interested in winning over mainstream Hollywood studios or casting directors. He works steadily in the faith-based space, including his 2022 hit “Lifemark.”
Actor Penn Badgley doesn’t mind an occasional on-screen kiss, but anything <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-actor-penn-badgley-requested-fewer-sex-scenes-in-season-4-out-of-respect-for-his-marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beyond that</a> crosses a bold line for him these days. The actor anchors “You,” the Netflix drama about a serial killer who falls for a different woman each season, while the body counts rise around him. 
The show’s steamy nature suggests a crush of sex scenes, something the actor finds increasingly uncomfortable. He even nearly turned down the show initially for that reason. 
“My fidelity in my relationship … it was one of the reasons that I initially wanted to turn the role down,” Badgley said. “I didn’t tell anybody that. But that is why.” 
Badgley’s wife, Domino Kirke-Badgley, suggested he take the role despite that aspect of the series. The saga’s fourth season features fewer sexual encounters, and Badgley is fully clothed during them. 
Other stars never faced a hiccup of professional grief for their stances.
Take Denzel Washington, the beloved actor and two-time Oscar winner. He is often cast as the romantic lead, but he refused to kiss his comely co-star in one 1993 thriller.
Washington teamed with Julia Roberts for “The Pelican Brief,” a film which could have seen the two exchange a lip lock … or more. Their characters shared a romantic bond, full stop. The kiss never happened, though.
Roberts was game for the moment, but Washington demurred, but for a reason unrelated to Roberts. The actor previously kissed a white actress on screen, Mimi Rogers, in an early cut of 1989’s “The Mighty Quinn.” Test screenings found Washington’s most faithful audience, black women, disliking the sequence. The film’s final cut left the moment out, and it inspired him to do the same with any Roberts kiss.
He explained his rationale to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/will-it-be-denzels-day-147887" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek in 2002.</a>
&#8220;Black women are not often seen as objects of desire on film. They have always been my core audience.”
Some stars don’t mind kissing on screen, but some actors leave them so cold they’d rather avoid that act entirely. Lindsay Lohan, no stranger to tabloid headlines over the years, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2012/12/21/lindsay-lohan-charlie-sheen-scary-movie-5-kiss/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">balked at kissing her co-star Charlie Sheen</a> during the production of 2013’s “Scary Movie 5.”
Why? She felt uncomfortable with Sheen’s notorious partying, leaving the production to use body doubles to complete the necessary scenes. Sheen, rarely shy about sharing his opinions, reportedly went along peacefully with Lohan’s request.
Ironically, Lohan’s <a href="https://people.com/movies/chad-michael-murray-lindsay-lohan-first-kiss-jamie-lee-curtis-freaky-friday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first on-screen kiss in the “Freaky Friday” reboot</a> gave her the jitters, too, but co-star Jamie Lee Curtis broke the ice off-screen by smooching her romantic target, actor Chad Michael Murray, to show her it wasn’t a big deal.
The most curious of Hollywood’s non-kiss kisses? The 2023 comedy “You People” cast Jonah Hill as a Jewish broker who falls in love with a black designer, played by Lauren London. The actress dated famed rapper Nipsey Hussle for years before his 2019 murder in a South Central Los Angeles parking lot.
Comedian Andrew Schulz, who has a small role in “You People,” shared how the film’s Hill-London kiss never actually happened. The production used FX to make it look like the duo kissed at a key moment in the third act.
Media reports wondered if London’s ties to her late partner influenced the decision. The Los Angeles Times blamed the almost-kiss <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-02-08/jonah-hill-lauren-london-cgi-kiss-you-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the COVID pandemic</a>, not any personal or religious reasons. Neither Netflix nor the actors in question publicly weighed in on the matter.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Neal Mcdonough Photocall- 61st Monte Carlo TV Festival

Where To Draw The Line? Hollywood Actors Who Refuse To Lock Lips For On-Screen Romance

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> called the attendance for a story hour featuring his new faith-based children&#8217;s book &#8220;As You Grow&#8221; &#8220;overwhelming&#8221; after his publisher said nearly 1,000 people packed a Southern California library.
On Saturday, the 52-year-old actor hosted a story time at the Placentia Library, about 30 miles outside of Los Angeles, where his publisher told the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1000-people-california-library-story-time-kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner</a> around 1,000 parents and kids showed up to hear the new book.
&#8220;All the forces of darkness are no match for moms and dads who are committed to God, and to their family, and to teaching their children,&#8221; Cameron told the crowd.
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star said that despite libraries choosing not to sponsor, announce, or promote his story times, he is renting the reading rooms, and that &#8220;people are finding out anyway,&#8221; with attendance being &#8220;overwhelming,&#8221; the outlet noted.
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Nobody can stand in the way of God fearing, loving fathers and mothers! 
Despite the downpour of rain, these BRAVE patriots came out to support <a href="https://twitter.com/KirkCameron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KirkCameron</a>&#39;s LIVE book reading!
Thank you, Placentia! We will be back soon, California! <a href="https://t.co/ugO410Tmve">pic.twitter.com/ugO410Tmve</a>
&mdash; BRAVE Story Hour (@BraveBooksUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS/status/1614412811748122627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Cameron&#8217;s publisher tweeted out footage of the crowd that turned up for the actor&#8217;s story hour, stating, &#8220;Nobody can stand in the way of God fearing, loving fathers and mothers! Despite the downpour of rain, these BRAVE patriots came out to support [KirkCameron]&#8217;s LIVE book reading!&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to the Placentia Library to verify the crowd size, and Jeanette Contreras, the Library Director for Placentia Library District, told us &#8220;our estimate was 700.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> and the publisher of his children&#8217;s book recently shared that thousands flocked to his story hour in Indianapolis after that library had reportedly been one of the locations that initially refused to host him, but later reversed course — something the library is disputing.
Brave Books posted a clip on <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS/status/1608549471646027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1608549471646027776%7Ctwgr%5E9e612c2dcdc1c544dbd4a5c3352db4aa37e84f5b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fkirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> showing what they said were thousands of people who turned up to the Indianapolis Public Library to hear Cameron talk about his book. After the publisher&#8217;s tweet, the library tweeted that the claim about a 2,500-person attendance was not accurate and that it was not the largest crowd the library had ever seen, stating that the door count was 750.
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libraries-cave-after-refusing-faith-based-story-hour-kirk-cameron-celebrates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> after he said two of the libraries changed their minds about hosting a Cameron story hour and said it should send a message to Christians and conservatives &#8220;to be brave.&#8221; The actor&#8217;s publicist told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-win-two-public-libraries-denied-story-hours-now-caved?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31821399&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> that a library in Indiana and another near New York City &#8220;caved.&#8221; When they initially refused to host Cameron, he threatened legal action.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> previously spoke with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> about how public libraries that have hosted &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8221; refused to host him for readings of his book that he describes as &#8220;Pro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron, Publisher Say Thousands Flocked To His Story Hour After Library Reportedly Backtracks Opposition</a>

Kirk Cameron Calls Attendance At Faith-Based Story Hour ‘Overwhelming’ After He Says Nearly 1,000 People Pack Library

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> and the publisher of his new children&#8217;s book said thousands flocked to his story hour after one of the libraries that initially refused to host him over his new faith-based children&#8217;s book reportedly reversed course, something the library is disputing.
Brave Books and the 52-year-old actor shared a clip on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cmw4V2Ihobs/?igshid=ZmMyNmFmZTc%3D">Instagram</a> showing what they said were thousands of people who turned up to the Indianapolis Public Library Thursday to hear Cameron talk about his book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955550298/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2B1WJ6NAXG7WU&amp;keywords=as+you+grow+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1670454851&amp;sprefix=As+You+Gro%2Caps%2C155&amp;sr=8-8">As You Grow</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;In 137 years of the Indianapolis Public Library&#8217;s history, NEVER ONCE have they had over 2,500 people show up to a single event,&#8221; Brave Books captioned its post showing huge crowds standing and sitting to hear Cameron talk about his new book.
&#8220;UNTIL TODAY,&#8221; the company added.  &#8220;After being refused or ignored by over 50 libraries to read the new children&#8217;s book &#8216;As You Grow,&#8217; Indianapolis Library allowed us to come host a story hour. Needless to say, we showed up with a few friends!&#8221;
&#8220;No longer will Christians be silent,&#8221; the publisher continued.  &#8220;No longer will we be shut away. We will be here, we will stand strong &amp; we will show the world how many of us there really are! Thank you to everyone who gave up their morning to join us! This movement is beginning!&#8221;
Cameron&#8217;s sister, actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/candace-cameron-bure">Candace Cameron Bure</a>, also celebrated the news, messaging on the post, &#8220;Praise the Lord. Christians showing up.&#8221;
The publisher also tweeted a longer clip showing long lines of people outside the library waiting to get inside for the event.
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This is a message to every library in the United States: 
In 137 years of the Indianapolis Public Library’s history, NEVER ONCE have they had over 2,500 people show up to a single event. 
UNTIL TODAY. <a href="https://t.co/sFI9Gv4Q5g">pic.twitter.com/sFI9Gv4Q5g</a>
&mdash; BRAVE Story Hour (@BraveBooksUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS/status/1608549471646027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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After the publisher&#8217;s tweet, the Indianapolis Public Library <a href="https://twitter.com/indylibrary/status/1608832073426685956?s=20&amp;t=jSDu13k-8SxZ4O8IHWB8FQ">tweeted</a> that the claim about a 2,500-person attendance was not accurate and that it was not the largest crowd the library had ever seen. The Indianapolis Public Library will also turn 150 years old in April 2023.
&#8220;We are being inaccurately portrayed in news/social after a room rental yesterday,&#8221; the library&#8217;s post read. &#8220;Our estimated door count during the event is around 750, not 2500. We&#8217;ve had larger events. We turn 150 yrs old in 2023. And our auditorium, which our guests chose not to rent, holds 300, not 2000.&#8221;
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libraries-cave-after-refusing-faith-based-story-hour-kirk-cameron-celebrates">recently celebrated</a> after he said two of the libraries changed their minds about hosting a Cameron story hour and said it should send a message to Christians and conservatives &#8220;to be brave.&#8221;
The actor&#8217;s publicist told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-win-two-public-libraries-denied-story-hours-now-caved?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31821399&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">Fox News</a> a library in Indiana and another near New York City &#8220;caved.&#8221; After they initially refused to host Cameron, he threatened legal action.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs">Cameron</a> previously spoke with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book">The Daily Wire</a> about how public libraries that have hosted &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8221; refused to host him for readings of his book that he describes as &#8220;Pro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.&#8221;
Brave books previously noted that Cameron hadn&#8217;t been booked for a &#8220;single children&#8217;s story hour at a public library in America,&#8221; adding that more than 50 public libraries had either outright rejected him or not responded to requests on his behalf.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life">‘Cowardice’: Kirk Cameron Slams Hollywood Studios That Passed On ‘Lifemark’ With Message About ‘Life’</a>

Kirk Cameron, Publisher Say Thousands Flocked To His Story Hour After Library Reportedly Backtracks Opposition

Kirk Cameron celebrated after libraries that had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book">refused to host him</a> over his new faith-based children&#8217;s book reversed course, and he said it should send a message to Christians and conservatives &#8220;to be brave.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron">52-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s publicist told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-win-two-public-libraries-denied-story-hours-now-caved?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31821399&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">Fox News</a> that two libraries &#8220;caved,&#8221; confirming Cameron would be reading his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955550298/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2B1WJ6NAXG7WU&amp;keywords=as+you+grow+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1670454851&amp;sprefix=As+You+Gro%2Caps%2C155&amp;sr=8-8">book</a> &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955550298/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2B1WJ6NAXG7WU&amp;keywords=as+you+grow+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1670454851&amp;sprefix=As+You+Gro%2Caps%2C155&amp;sr=8-8">As You Grow</a>&#8221; at a library in Indiana and another near New York City. After they initially refused to host Cameron, he threatened legal action.
&#8220;I&#8217;m happy that the two libraries changed their decision and will allow my voice to be heard and my book to be read,&#8221; Cameron said.
&#8220;I hope they realized that their position of denying me a story hour reading was not only unfair and illegal, but that we would all be better off if we listened to each other&#8217;s perspectives,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;I hope that this victory acts as a source of courage for Christians and conservatives across the country to be brave and not back down, making sure that we are the salt of the earth and the light of the darkness,&#8221; he continued.
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&#39;THEY CAVED&#39;: Kirk Cameron declares &#39;win&#39; over two public libraries that denied him story hours. <a href="https://t.co/BoGy1J1BTb">https://t.co/BoGy1J1BTb</a> <a href="https://t.co/5tCoYkvSv2">pic.twitter.com/5tCoYkvSv2</a>
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The Fox News article includes an image of the &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star holding a sign that read, &#8220;We won 2 for 2. See you in Indy &amp; NYC. All are welcome.&#8221;
&#8220;I love situations in which we have two ways to win and zero ways to lose,&#8221; Trent Talbot, CEO of Cameron&#8217;s book publisher, explained. &#8220;We forced these bullies to either take off their masks and show their true colors of unabashed anti-Christian and anti-American bias (as well as catch themselves in a spicy lawsuit) OR the bullies were going to realize that Kirk and Brave were here to fight and they would back down.&#8221;
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star is now set to read his book at Indianapolis Public Library on Thursday, December 29, 2022. He will read at the Scarsdale Public Library in New York the following day.
Cameron previously spoke with The Daily Wire about how public libraries that have hosted &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/our-messaging-does-not-align-dozens-of-public-libraries-reportedly-reject-kirk-cameron-story-hour-over-faith-based-book">refused</a> to host him for readings of his book that he describes as &#8220;Pro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.&#8221;
He said he wrote it because the &#8220;education of children is of primary importance,&#8221; with kids under 10 being indoctrinated with leftist concepts like gender identity.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life">&#8216;Cowardice&#8217;: Kirk Cameron Slams Hollywood Studios That Passed On &#8216;Lifemark&#8217; With Message About &#8216;Life&#8217;</a>

Libraries Cave After Refusing Faith-Based Story Hour. Kirk Cameron Celebrates.

Megyn Kelly revealed to actor Kirk Cameron on Thursday that the one and only fan letter she ever wrote as a young teen was to him — and his reaction was priceless.
During Sirius XM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h2J_NC9Usw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> was speaking to the 52-year-old actor about a wide variety of topics when she shared that she once wrote him a letter confessing her adoration.
&#8220;I was one of those starry-eyed young women,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-the-nonsense-megyn-kelly-takes-apart-princess-of-privacy-meghan-markle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly</a> shared. &#8220;I think I was like a tween when you were the big star on &#8216;Growing Pains.&#8217; And, can I tell you something? You are the only fan letter I&#8217;ve ever written. It was to you.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> had a huge grin on his face and laughed as Kelly shared the news.
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&#8220;I sat. I hand-wrote it out,&#8221; the former Fox News host shared. &#8220;All I remember was that I was trying to convince you to love me. Like listing my credentials. Like what I had done in school. I don&#8217;t remember if I sent it — but I never got a response.&#8221;
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> replied that he did get the letter, and said it was why he was doing her show Thursday.
&#8220;Megyn, you did,&#8221; Cameron shared. &#8220;You sent it and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here on your show right now is to finally reply after 35 years. To say &#8216;thank you Megyn for your letter. It was so sweet.’”
The &#8220;Fireproof&#8221; star then promised to send Kelly &#8220;the last remaining dreamy Mike Seaver pillow case. It should be arriving in the mail in about two days.&#8221;
Kelly replied, &#8220;I can die now. I’m good.&#8221;
Cameron is probably best known for his role as Mike Seavor in the hit ABC sitcom, which ran from 1985-1992 and made the actor a heartthrob to teen girls everywhere.
The actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OhdxYoM8nU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also shared</a> that if he&#8217;d known Kelly was on the other side of that camera lens as a huge fan, he would&#8217;ve been &#8220;more concerned about how I looked, what I said.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Cowardice&#8217;: Kirk Cameron Slams Hollywood Studios That Passed On &#8216;Lifemark&#8217; With Message About &#8216;Life&#8217;</a>

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Megyn Kelly Reveals To Actor That The One And Only Fan Letter She Ever Wrote Was To Him; Actor Reacts

Megyn Kelly Reveals To Kirk Cameron That The One And Only Fan Letter She Ever Wrote Was To Him

Actor Kirk Cameron spoke with The Daily Wire about how public libraries that have hosted &#8220;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8221; are refusing to host him for readings of his new faith-based children&#8217;s book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955550298/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2B1WJ6NAXG7WU&amp;keywords=as+you+grow+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1670454851&amp;sprefix=As+You+Gro%2Caps%2C155&amp;sr=8-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As You Grow</a>.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">52-year-old</a> actor said that “<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClooHvzJArK/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As You Grow</a>,” published by Brave Books, contains messages about &#8220;peace, love, joy, and kindness,&#8221; and &#8220;growing in wisdom through the seasons of life.&#8221; He said he made it because the &#8220;education of children is of primary importance&#8221; with kids under the age of 10 being indoctrinated with things like gender identity and more.
Cameron added that his book is &#8220;Pro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.&#8221;
When asked why he thought this message was being rejected by public libraries, Cameron said that the &#8220;responses from the libraries speak for themselves,” referencing comments from a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-denied-story-hour-slot-public-libraries-faith-kids-book?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-31553162&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> article in which the libraries provided excuses such as, &#8220;We are a very queer-friendly library,&#8221; &#8220;Our messaging does not align,&#8221; and &#8220;Because of how diverse our community is, I don&#8217;t know how many people you would get.&#8221;
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&#8220;They basically said that, &#8216;We [libraries] are very inclusive, we have a community of very inclusive people,’” Cameron shared. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I was wondering why they are excluding me.&#8221;
Brave books said, &#8220;All of the libraries that we have contacted [about possible story hours or book programs for Kirk Cameron] have hosted LGBTQ+ story times with drag queens in the past.&#8221; The publisher noted that Cameron hadn&#8217;t been booked for a &#8220;single children&#8217;s story hour at a public library in America,&#8221; as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/our-messaging-does-not-align-dozens-of-public-libraries-reportedly-reject-kirk-cameron-story-hour-over-faith-based-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, adding that more than 50 public libraries have either outright rejected him or not responded to requests on his behalf.
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> shared that &#8220;these are publicly funded libraries&#8221; that aren’t simply refusing to host him and instead having “Drag Queen story hours,&#8221; but also hosting &#8220;name change clinics&#8221; and gender fluidity programs.
&#8220;My question is, if you&#8217;re so committed to diversity, then why won&#8217;t you let me use your facility to read my book in the same way that you let others read their books?&#8221; he asked, stating that doing so was &#8220;breaking the law and the constitution.&#8221;
&#8220;You can&#8217;t say yes to &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hour&#8217; and then deny me or a pastor or a Sunday school teacher, based on religion that your views don&#8217;t line up with, when we&#8217;re talking about equal access in a public place,&#8221; the &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star continued.
Cameron told The Daily Wire that one of the good things to come out of this was that &#8220;every hour, we&#8217;re being flooded with emails from parents and librarians who are saying that they want to host their own Brave Book story hour for the part of the public that is being silenced in the public square.&#8221;
He then put out a call to &#8220;every Sunday school teacher and pastor&#8221; to reach out to their local libraries to read their favorite book the same way others have. He said that if &#8220;they deny people to do that,&#8221; it &#8220;shows that this is not about inclusivity and diversity &#8230; [this is ] about fundamentally changing the values of America.&#8221;

‘Fundamentally Changing The Values Of America’: Kirk Cameron Talks Public Libraries Refusing To Host Him For Story Hour Over Faith-Based Children’s Book

Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cowardice-kirk-cameron-slams-hollywood-studios-that-passed-on-lifemark-with-message-about-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> — and a proposed story hour event promoting his latest faith-based book — have been rejected by 50 public libraries so far, publisher Brave Books says.
According to a Fox News Digital <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kirk-cameron-denied-story-hour-slot-public-libraries-faith-kids-book" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published early Wednesday morning, Cameron&#8217;s team reached out to dozens of public libraries in the hopes that some would be willing to host an event for his latest book, &#8220;As We Grow&#8221; — but at the time of publication, not a single one had returned a &#8220;yes.&#8221;
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Among those rejecting <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron&#8217;s</a> event was Rochambeau Public Library in Providence, Rhode Island — a library that hosts a recurring program for members of the LGBTQ+ community who are aged 12 or older called &#8220;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/385173210342395/385173227009060/?active_tab=about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queer Umbrella</a>.&#8221;
Queer Umbrella is billed as a &#8220;club and safe space where teens can learn, discuss and connect over queer history, art, community resources, and more.&#8221;
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A representative from the Rochambeau Public Library told Cameron that they did not have any interest in hosting his event.
&#8220;No, we will pass on having you run a program in our space,&#8221; the library said, adding, &#8220;We are a very queer-friendly library. Our messaging does not align &#8230; You can fill out the form to reserve space, to run the program in our space — but we won’t run your program.&#8221;
Brave Books also reached out to City Heights/Weingart Branch Library in San Diego — another library that regularly hosts <a href="https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/events/month/2022/11?program_types%5B478%5D=478&amp;branches%5B764%5D=764&amp;branches%5B416%5D=416&amp;branches%5B418%5D=418&amp;branches%5B419%5D=419&amp;branches%5B420%5D=420&amp;branches%5B421%5D=421&amp;branches%5B422%5D=422&amp;branches%5B796%5D=796&amp;branches%5B423%5D=423&amp;branches%5B424%5D=424&amp;branches%5B425%5D=425&amp;branches%5B426%5D=426&amp;branches%5B427%5D=427&amp;branches%5B428%5D=428&amp;branches%5B429%5D=429&amp;branches%5B430%5D=430&amp;branches%5B452%5D=452&amp;branches%5B431%5D=431&amp;branches%5B432%5D=432&amp;branches%5B433%5D=433&amp;branches%5B434%5D=434&amp;branches%5B435%5D=435&amp;branches%5B436%5D=436&amp;branches%5B437%5D=437&amp;branches%5B438%5D=438&amp;branches%5B439%5D=439&amp;branches%5B440%5D=440&amp;branches%5B441%5D=441&amp;branches%5B442%5D=442&amp;branches%5B443%5D=443&amp;branches%5B444%5D=444&amp;branches%5B445%5D=445&amp;branches%5B446%5D=446&amp;branches%5B447%5D=447&amp;branches%5B448%5D=448&amp;branches%5B449%5D=449&amp;branches%5B450%5D=450&amp;branches%5B451%5D=451&amp;branches%5B417%5D=417" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBTQ+ events</a> — and received a similar response.
&#8220;I don’t think that’s something that we would do,&#8221; someone from the library explained. &#8220;Because of how diverse our community is, I don’t know how many people you would get.&#8221;
After receiving dozens of similar responses, Cameron observed, &#8220;This is proof that more than ever, we are getting destroyed in the battle for the hearts and minds of our children &#8230; Publicly funded libraries are green-lighting ‘gender marker and name change clinics’ while denying a story time that would involve the reading of a book that teaches biblical wisdom. How much more clear can it get? We have to start fighting back, or we will lose our kids and this country.&#8221;
A number of people on Twitter made the same assessment that Cameron had.
&#8220;The day has officially come where drag queen book stories are encouraged but Kirk Cameron and his Christian books are banned &#8230;&#8221; Graham Allen tweeted.
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The day has officially come where drag queen book story&#39;s are encouraged but Kirk Cameron and his Christian books are banned&#8230;.
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Todd Starnes added, &#8220;50 taxpayer-funded libraries reject a story time for a faith-based book for kids written by Kirk Cameron. Those same libraries host queer story time hours. Gays are welcome, but God is not.&#8221;
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50 taxpayer-funded libraries reject a story time for a faith-based book for kids written by Kirk Cameron. Those same libraries host queer story time hours. Gays are welcome, but God is not.
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‘Our Messaging Does Not Align’: Dozens Of Public Libraries Reportedly Reject Kirk Cameron Story Hour Over Faith-Based Book

Dozens Of Public Libraries Reportedly Reject Kirk Cameron Story Hour Over Faith-Based Book

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Actor Kirk Cameron celebrated that his adoption movie &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; scored the number 2 spot at the box office — and that it&#8217;s getting a 97% by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron">51-year-old</a> actor shared a video post recently on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kirkcameron/">Facebook</a> announcing that the <a href="https://lifemarkmovie.com">movie about adoption</a> was indeed staying in theaters at least another week after turning into a hit with moviegoers.
&#8220;THANK YOU ALL!!!&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs">Cameron&#8217;s</a> message read. &#8220;LIFEMARK #2 MOVIE. 97% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score!! Here&#8217;s a quick update … (you can get your tickets at www.LifemarkMovie.com).&#8221;
Cameron explained that the movie was &#8220;actually picking up momentum&#8221; because people are going out there and seeing it. In the clip, he also gave thanks to all those who have supported the film that &#8220;celebrates and champions the preciousness of life and the beauty of adoption.&#8221;
&#8220;If you go to <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lifemark">Rotten Tomatoes</a> you will find over a thousand people have reviewed the film &#8230; and over a thousand people have given it 97 percent,&#8221; the actor explained. &#8220;Which is amazing, it&#8217;s hard to get 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. &#8221;
&#8220;You know sometimes the audience loves it and critics pan the movie, they hate it, they trash it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But fortunately, for whatever reason, all the reviews are positive.&#8221;
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The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star said so far everyone is <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lifemark/reviews?type=user">loving the movie</a>, calling the film &#8220;deeply moving,&#8221; &#8220;heart-warming,&#8221; and &#8220;inspiring.&#8221;
At one point, Cameron joked they probably should&#8217;ve put a &#8220;warning with the tickets&#8221; to bring tissues, because &#8220;you will cry&#8221; more than you anticipate, but you will also be laughing at times. He also said that at the end of the film they provide information about adoption, abortion counseling, and more.
At the time of this publication, the film had earned more than $4.3 million dollars at the box office domestically, according to <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1859879681/?ref_=bo_hm_rd">BoxOfficeMoJo.</a>
Cameron previously spoke to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs">The Daily Wire</a> about his new film that touches on pro-life and pro-choice issues, and said it provides proof that &#8220;the power of one choice impacts more than just one life.&#8221;
The film came out just months after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade as a result of the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. The ruling recognizes that there is no constitutional right to an abortion and returns the issue to the states, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/victory-pro-life-leaders-react-to-overturn-of-roe-v-wade">reported</a>.
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Kirk Cameron opened up about how his new film &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; came to be, saying it’s a story about &#8220;life&#8221; and the message that adoption can be a &#8220;compassionate, beautiful, solution to a very difficult problem in our culture today.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-doing-more-grooming-for-leftist-politics-than-it-is-education-kirk-cameron-on-why-its-time-for-the-homeschool-awakening">51-year-old</a> actor spoke to The Daily Wire Thursday about his new film that touches on pro-life and pro-choice issues, and said it provides proof that &#8220;the power of one choice impacts more than just one life.&#8221;
A <a href="https://lifemarkmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">description</a> of the movie reads: “David&#8217;s comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother unexpectedly reaches out to him, longing to meet the 18-year-old son she&#8217;s only held once. With the encouragement of his adoptive parents, David embarks on a journey of discovery that leads to a staggering truth from his past.”
It stars Cameron, Rebecca Rogers Nelson, Raphael Ruggero, Dawn Long, Justin Sterner, Marisa Hampton and Alex Kendrick. Both Cameron and Kendrick act in the movie and are executive producers on the film. It comes just months after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade as a result of the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. The ruling recognizes that there is no constitutional right to an abortion and returns the issue to the states, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/victory-pro-life-leaders-react-to-overturn-of-roe-v-wade">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
The &#8220;Fireproof&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-says-its-time-for-a-homeschool-awakening-in-trailer-for-upcoming-documentary">star</a> told us that one thing a lot of people might not know is they started making the movie &#8220;two and a half years ago,&#8221; but the pandemic delayed things.
&#8220;We had no idea that the timing of the release of this film, which was delayed by COVID, would be so unbelievable with the overturning of Roe V. Wade,&#8221; Kirk explained. &#8220;People talk about pro-life, pro-choice, but they forget about the adoption option.&#8221;
&#8220;It seems that we&#8217;re divided almost by design over everything imaginable,&#8221; he added. &#8220;From politics to race to gender to vaccination status, and most recently over this issue of life and abortion.&#8221;
&#8220;We need a way to look at this issue through the lens of love — love for the birth mom, love for the unborn baby, love for the adoptive parents who are longing to have a baby,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;And ‘Lifemark’ shows a compassionate, beautiful solution to a very difficult problem in our culture today.&#8221;
Cameron explained that the movie came to be after he watched a link sent to him of &#8220;a little documentary&#8221; detailing the real-life story of David Scotton, which was &#8220;the basis&#8221; for the film. It&#8217;s called &#8220;<a href="https://www.ilivedonparkerave.com">I Lived on Parker Avenue</a>.&#8221;
He said it touched him personally because it was about adoption, something he and his wife, Chelsea Noble, are very familiar with after they adopted the first four of their six kids — not because they couldn&#8217;t have children, he explained. But because they wanted to and thought it was a &#8220;beautiful way to have a family.&#8221;
Cameron said his wife and four children &#8220;were one doctor appointment away from not being here.&#8221; Kirk added that if his wife hadn&#8217;t been born, then neither would their two natural born kids.
&#8220;And you saw the movie, you saw the power of one choice,&#8221; the &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star shared. &#8220;And when a woman chooses adoption she has no idea what&#8217;s going to happen. But what can happen is the answers to the prayers of that couple who couldn&#8217;t have kids. And this amazing life of this young man.&#8221;
Kirk talked about how this film is pro-family, pro-reconciliation, pro-forgiveness, and so much more. He said he hopes the movie &#8220;not only provides the adoption option as a solution to the difficult culture problem that we&#8217;re continuing to fight about. But that more families will be formed when people get comfortable and excited about the beauty of adoption.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s love, that&#8217;s grace,&#8221; the actor explained. &#8220;And God makes families in incredible ways.&#8221;
Cameron said he hopes another thing people came way with from the film is that abortion, even though it&#8217;s often &#8220;framed as woman&#8217;s issue&#8221; and that &#8220;men need to stay out of&#8221; it, that &#8220;couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth,&#8221;
He noted a statistic that shows women who have abortions say the &#8220;number one&#8221; influential person in their life to help her make the decision is &#8220;the father of the child.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s men who are carrying around all of these thoughts and emotions, guilt and shame and pain and all this because they know that there are long lasting, emotional effects to abortion,&#8221; Cameron told us. &#8220;And I&#8217;m hoping that people will watch this movie, regardless of whether they are pro-life or pro-choice and it leaves them with this message of life is precious. Forgiveness is available. Reconciliation and new beginnings are possible. And we don&#8217;t need to fight over a difficult unplanned pregnancy. We just need to come together.&#8221;
Later, he reiterated that what he hopes people come away with after watching this film is that &#8220;one choice effects so many more people than one or two people.&#8221;
&#8220;I want people to come away saying &#8216;you know what, life is a gift from God. It&#8217;s precious,'&#8221; Cameron explained. &#8220;&#8216;And it should be protected and celebrated. And defended at all costs.&#8217; And the adoption option is a beautiful third choice in the midst of the pro-life, pro-choice debate.&#8221;
&#8220;That one life given a chance to live impacts countless people,&#8221; he added. &#8221; Your parents, your siblings, the biological mom and dad. The grandparents. And the best friend. And who knows that person could grow up and cure cancer, could be the next President of the United States &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Lifemark&#8221; hits theaters September 9. It will run in movie theaters for at least a week and will go longer as audience demand grows — a move Kirk said that Fathom has never tried. For tickets and more information go to <a href="https://lifemarkmovie.com/">Lifemarkmovie.com</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amy-schumer-chelsea-handler-and-more-stars-react-to-overturn-of-roe-v-wade">Amy Schumer, Chelsea Handler And More Stars React To Overturn Of Roe V. Wade</a>

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