Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/michael-j-knowles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> sat down with actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> to play a game of “<a href="https://store.dailywire.com/products/yes-or-no?srsltid=AfmBOopxqvV4zmp2WUeDOGXX74ZoQdXfh0dfwV72ACpq8F6ukgVhUmgS">YES or NO</a>,” touching on a host of controversial issues including problems with public schools, the Left’s attacks on men, and more.
Knowles and the 54-year-old conservative actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/kirk-cameron">traded questions</a> in the game, wherein opponents win points by accurately guessing which way their opponent will lean on topics ranging from politics and religion to pop culture and more.
Cameron and Knowles agreed that “it’s more of a risk to send your teenager to public school than it is to buy them a motorcycle,” prompting a discussion on how American public education has become “religious” in the way that it drills students in left-wing ideologies.
Knowles pointed to a recent CDC study that came out saying, “1 in 30 American high school students today identify as transgender. One-in-eighteen is gender questioning…to subject your kid to that you are 1-in-18 chance, you are really rolling the dice with your kid’s life.”
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The “Growing Pains” star talked about how he and his wife chose to homeschool their six kids, calling public schools today “far too religious.”
“At the end of the day, public schools have become so unsafe for your children, in my opinion,” Cameron explained. “And the value of the sacrifice they demand from you to their priests and their elders is just not even…and I think that they’ve created their own worship, called ‘secular humanism.’”
“Which has become the church of secular culture,” he added. “And it’s the worship of corporate man or human beings and they have their own twisted Ten Commandments, LGBTQIADEI. And if you don’t fall in line with that dogma, that is grounds for banishment from their society.”
Knowles agreed, labeling it effectively a “conversion therapy” to their religion.
“Ironically, they say they hate conversion therapy,” the DW host said. “But it&#8217;s conversion therapy to their false religion.”
Later, Cameron posed a question to Knowles asking whether “the media’s war on masculinity is really an attack on Biblical manhood.” Both agreed yes, with the Daily Wire host suggesting it is also an attack on the natural things about being a man, what he called “the Christian understanding” of manhood and fatherhood.
Cameron agreed, adding that “much of the media wants to depict men as defective women.”
“And I think that is because there is inherent value to being masculine that is very scary to the Left,” the Hollywood star said. “Men who so love their wives, children, their God and their family and their future that they are willing to defend it with their own lives. That’s something that stands in the way of consolidating power in the government and advancing Marxism …”
Watch the entirety of Michael Knowles&#8217; sit-down with the “Lifemark” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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Michael Knowles And Kirk Cameron Sit Down To Play ‘YES Or NO’

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Celebrities are no strangers to wanting to have a family and kids, but just like the rest of us, the path to having children can look different for everyone. 
As we look forward to the July 4th weekend release of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dailywire-strikes-deal-with-angel-studios-for-sound-of-hope-get-showtimes-now">Sound of Hope</a>,” we want to celebrate adoption — from the perspectives of those who were adopted and those who chose to adopt. 
“Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot” tells the true story of how 77 children found homes after being adopted out of the foster care system in East Texas by 22 families. DailyWire+ and Angel Studios announced earlier this month that they have entered into a partnership to release the Peacetree Productions’ film. 
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For these five celebrities, their families became a reality thanks to adoption and each one has said that it was the best thing they ever did.
Sheryl Crow
Superstar singer Sheryl Crow found her way to motherhood after deciding to adopt not one but two sons, one in 2007 and another in 2010.
Speaking on the “<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sheryl-crow-getting-to-the-other-side/id1585499926?i=1000539607246">Making Space with Hoda Kotb</a>” podcast in 2021, the 62-year-old singer said she &#8220;just never didn&#8217;t think I would have kids.” She admitted her dream of being a mom didn’t include adoption until her mom threw her a &#8220;life raft&#8221; and told her she could be one even if she wasn’t married.
&#8220;You have a family around you who will stand at the altar with you at baptism and say, &#8216;We are his community, or her community,’” Crow said of the conversation she had with her mom.
&#8220;The story I was telling myself limited what I thought I could have, until somebody stepped in and said, &#8216;Wait a minute, your story doesn&#8217;t have to look like your mom and dad&#8217;s story,'&#8221; she added. &#8220;Families look like all different things.&#8221;
Kirk Cameron
“Growing Pains” and “Lifemark” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron">Kirk Cameron</a> is one of the most vocal stars about the power of adoption. The 53-year-old actor and his wife Chelsea Noble not only adopted the first four of their six kids, but also credits adoption with bringing him his wife, who was also adopted by her parents.
During an interview in 2022 with <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>, Cameron told us he and his wife wanted to have kids and thought it was a “beautiful way to have a family.”
Cameron told The Daily Wire that his wife and four children “were one doctor appointment away from not being here.” 
“The adoption option, I think, is such a loving, beautiful place, and I&#8217;ve experienced the result of that choice myself,” the actor told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirk-cameron-shares-message-faith-film-about-beauty-of-adoption-talks-growing-pains-reboot">Fox News</a> previously. “Like I said, with our four kids, my wife is adopted, and if my wife had not been adopted, we likely would not have our two natural-born children either.&#8221; 
“I think it&#8217;s incredible that God brings families together in all kinds of ways,” he added. “And I&#8217;m just so thankful for those ladies out there who make the loving choice of adoption.&#8221;
Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian superstar Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth discovered adoption as a way to grow their family after Mary Beth and their daughter Emily traveled to Haiti and met a young girl age 11, according to the website of their <a href="https://showhope.org/about-us/founders-story/">non-profit</a> Show Hope.
Learning about the orphaned girl’s needs and after praying for guidance, the Chapmans knew that adoption was what they needed to do.
So, the couple set out not once but three times to adopt kids who could use a loving home and over the next few years grew their family after adopting Shaohannah Hope, Stevey Joy, and Maria.
It was this experience that inspired them to create Show Hope, a non-profit organization in Tennessee in 2003 for those families who had the heart but not the means to adopt a child.
“Show Hope exists to care for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption,” a message on their organization&#8217;s website read. Through the group’s Adoption Aid, “Show Hope has impacted more than 8,600 children from more than 60 countries, including the U.S., by awarding financial grants to families who are on the adoption journey.”
Michelle Pfeiffer
Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was still searching for the love of her life when she decided to adopt her newborn daughter. Later that year, she met the man who would become her husband, TV producer David Kelley. Less than a year later, the couple welcomed a son.
Speaking to <a href="https://people.com/all-about-michelle-pfeiffer-kids-7569445#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20adoption%20process%20was%20already,people%20don't%20have%20that.">Good Housekeeping in 2007</a>, Pfeiffer said the “adoption process was already in motion when he and I met.”
“So when she came, he and I had only been together for about two months. So we had this child with us right away, and most people don&#8217;t have that. But I really got to see him in a situation that certainly would separate the boys from the men,” the actress said. “Obviously, he really rose to the occasion.”
In an interview for the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-adopted-kids-2018-3#nia-vardalos-and-her-then-husband-adopted-their-daughter-after-fertility-issues-22">Independent in 2007</a>,  the “Scarface” star said, &#8220;As mother of both an adopted child and my own birth-child, there is absolutely no difference in the huge amount of love I feel for both my children. I always knew I wanted to adopt a child and also have one of my own. There is no difference at all.”
Sandra Bullock
Superstar actress Sandra Bullock found her family through adoption amid her divorce from husband Jesse James after five years of marriage.
The 59-year-old actress adopted her son when he was just a newborn and five years later adopted her daughter who was three and had been run through the foster care system, “Today” <a href="https://www.today.com/parents/moms/sandra-bullock-people-consider-adoption-rcna8046" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
During an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvbps0QY6UI&amp;t=8s">interview</a> in 2021, Bullock was talking about her movie “The Unforgivable” and reflected on how adoption changed her life.
“If it wasn’t for adoption and foster care, I wouldn’t have my family, so this film really struck a chord in that there are millions upon millions of babies and children on this planet that have no one to love,” Bullock explained at the time.
&#8220;They have no one to let them know they are the most amazing thing when they walk in a room,&#8221; she added.“There are millions upon millions of adults that wish they could be a parent.”
“Love is love,” Bullock continued. “And if we stop defining that narrative, it’s just one avenue, the amazing impact would be love and families. And health and mental health and beyond.”

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“Growing Pains” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> said the “dark,” “evil” and “twisted” revelations we’ve seen in the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nickelodeon-star-melissa-joan-hart-responds-to-quiet-on-the-set-allegations-believe-them-100-percent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quiet on Set</a>: The Dark Side of Kids TV” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-says-she-was-forced-to-kiss-30-year-old-man-as-a-teen-on-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">docuseries</a> have &#8220;been going on for a long time” in Hollywood.
Speaking to The Daily Wire, the 53-year-old actor said as a child working in Hollywood he definitely witnessed the “disturbing” behavior by those in the business, including his former personal dialogue coach on “Growing Pains” Brian Peck, the convicted sex offender named in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-documentary-uncovers-child-abuse-at-nickelodeon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a>. Peck was arrested, charged with sexual abuse crimes, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-drake-bell-details-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-dialogue-coach-it-was-extensive-and-brutal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“So, the evil, the darkness, the twisted sickness of Hollywood has been going on for a long time,” Cameron told us. “I started acting when I was 9-years-old. I began ‘Growing Pains’ at 14-years-old. And I was suspicious that that stuff was going on behind the curtains even when I was working on ‘Growing Pains.’”
“And there were several young boys like us [Cameron and Leonardo DiCaprio] that he [Peck] interacted with on a regular basis,” Cameron said. “So, it’s shocking. It’s sickening.
In one of the episodes of the shocking documentary — which alleges abuse and a toxic work environment behind the scenes at Nickelodeon — a clip played from “Growing Pains” showing a young DiCaprio with Peck constantly rubbing the young star’s arms and touching him. Cameron said that’s exactly how he recalled Peck behaving and just remembered “that’s the kind of thing you would see and make you pause and go ‘there’s a little flag on the field,’ but not enough to prove something worse.”
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The Hollywood star shared that at the same time he worked on “Growing Pains” (1985 &#8211; 1992) with Peck, the executive producer and showrunner was Steven Marshall. In 2010, Marshall was arrested and convicted for possession and distribution of child pornography, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2010/03/16/growing-pains-producer-sentenced-for-child-porn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported.
He served 7½ years in federal prison after he was <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/17/child-porn-gets-ex-tv-exec-prison-20100317/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by an undercover federal agent who was posing as a pedophile. In Marshall’s chats with the agent, the former TV producer would <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/17/child-porn-gets-ex-tv-exec-prison-20100317/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brag</a> about “child abduction, bondage, rapes and murders,” the outlet noted. It came out later in court that the exec. producer never actually had “physical contact” with any of the kids he bragged about doing vile things to, Cameron noted.
“Thank God I got out of there unscathed in the 1980s,” Cameron said. “Those people who did this stuff to these kids are the same kind of people in the industry today. Still making twisted, sick, perverted material that’s hurting children today. And they need to be completely rooted out and replaced.”
“But it’s too late,” Cameron continued. “These children, like Drake Bell &#8230; they have scars that they will carry with them permanently throughout their life.”
Cameron also mentioned he recently spoke with former producers and writers of the show about working with Peck and Marshall, recalling their behavior on set.
“And the consensus was these individuals were charming, they ingratiated themselves into their victims’ lives and were generally likable people when they were putting the ‘nice guy’ face on,” Cameron said.
“But there was … always something smarmy about them,” he added. “You know it was like your ‘Spidey-senses’ told you something’s not right. They were handsy and physical in a smarmy kind of way. But not so overt that you could totally detect what was happening.”
Cameron said he “absolutely” credited his parents with keeping him safe in the predatory environment, adding, “My mom was on the set every day when I was a minor on ‘Growing Pains.’” He also credited his former “cast and crew” who served as additional sets of “guardians.”
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When asked if he thinks Hollywood protects the predator instead of the survivor, the longtime actor said what we are seeing now “ … is an industry that tries to indemnify, exonerate the very pedophiles that we say we want to get rid of, because they are the pedophiles.”
When asked about the letters of support written in defense of Peck by his former on-screen parents, Alan Thicke and Joanna Kerns, Cameron noted, “Nobody wants to believe that the fun, charming, dialogue coach who’s ingratiated himself into the lives of others — almost to the point of being a trusted family friend — would do something so wicked and evil.”
The letters were used by Peck’s attorneys before he was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. Kearns has since walked back her letter of support. Thicke, however, passed away in 2016.
Following the documentary’s release, former child star Bell came forward and said he was the John Doe from a sexual abuse case from 2004 involving former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Peck. Peck pleaded no contest to the charges, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-star-drake-bell-details-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-dialogue-coach-it-was-extensive-and-brutal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Docuseries contributors also spoke frequently about former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who they said perpetrated abuse by acting in a controlling manner and making sexually suggestive jokes, some of which were used in children’s programming. They also alleged that Schneider was filmed in a hot tub with then-16-year-old actress Amanda Bynes.
“I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in a statement following the release of “Quiet on Set.”
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The “Lifemark” star talked about the massive increase in LGBTQ programming targeting children from places like Disney, Cartoon Network and Netflix, and said they are no longer hiding their agenda.
“Openly sharing their agenda &#8230; giddy with excitement trying to add as much ‘queerness’ to their content as they can over time,” the actor said. “Before it was sort of hidden, under the radar. But now it’s wide open. They’ve gotten themselves intoxicated with their own perversion and they are so drunk on it that they don’t even know what’s wrong.”
Cameron said he “one hundred percent” thinks the lack of faith in Hollywood led to the darkness.
“The problem is when you take God out of Hollywood or politics they become corrupted.”
It is those experiences the actor went through and the things he’s learned since about the people he worked with that he said motivates him to be part of the solution, to create a safe working environment for kids and children’s programming like he had when he was growing up.
That’s why I’m working with Brave Americans saying ‘we’re not waiting for Hollywood to get it right,’” the “Fireproof” actor said. “We need to make this stuff ourselves.”
“God has exposed them,” he added. “He’s drug the evil out into the middle of the street in broad daylight and this is the time for brave Americans to take charge of their children’s entertainment and their education and start doing something about it.”
The longtime actor said he wants this to “&#8230; be a wakeup call, an incredible opportunity for parents and grandparents &#8230; to be the executive producer of our children’s future. Our generation&#8217;s version of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood&#8221; with his current project. More information can be found <a href="https://bravebooks.us/pages/the-adventures-with-iggy-and-mr-kirk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
“I want to give them something to remind them what good wholesome family entertainment is like and what parents are looking for and children need.”

Kirk Cameron On ‘Quiet On Set’ Revelations: ‘Been Going On For A Long Time’

Kirk Cameron On 'Quiet On Set' Revelations: 'Been Going On For A Long Time'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kirk-cameron">Kirk Cameron</a> dissected what he called the problems with &#8220;tolerance&#8221; culture and said he sees so many people who are &#8220;just tolerating evil.&#8221;
During the 53-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on Tim Pool&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Mkgwq-DfQ">podcast</a> &#8220;Timcast IRL&#8221; on Thursday, Cameron and the hosts talked about how Christians are a tolerant group compared to the woke left.
&#8220;My understanding of people who are being tolerant and turning the other cheek, I see so many who are just tolerating evil,&#8221; Cameron told the hosts. &#8220;And that&#8217;s not loving your neighbor.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean at the end of the day the two great commandments of Christianity are to love God with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And the second is to love your neighbor like yourself. If you tolerate the kinds of things that bring misery to your neighbors, and ultimately strip them of their liberties, you&#8217;re not loving them.&#8221;
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Truly wild that this guy played the main character in the Left Behind movie. Love seeing him on <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Timcast</a>. <a href="https://t.co/wXp2dAeq9f">pic.twitter.com/wXp2dAeq9f</a>
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The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star said if someone were to cuss him out and steal his jacket, he might still love them. However, when it comes to targeting his children or his liberties, that&#8217;s another issue. &#8220;Or you make my neighbors live in poverty and misery so that you can go live on Epstein island, no I think we shouldn&#8217;t tolerate that,&#8221; Cameron said.
Earlier in the show, the hosts talked to the actor about his efforts last year to read his 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">As You Grow</a>&#8221; at public libraries that had hosted Drag Queen Story Hours. Cameron previously spoke about his reading project with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-conservatives-christians-wading-into-culture-battle-ahead-of-national-faith-based-story-hour-event">Daily Wire</a>.
Cameron said he was denied the opportunity to read his book about the values of faith at more than 50 libraries across the country.
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Published by Brave Books, Cameron&#8217;s book 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; given how young children are being indoctrinated with things like gender ideology at a young age. He added that his book is &#8220;Pro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-conservatives-christians-wading-into-culture-battle-ahead-of-national-faith-based-story-hour-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron Talks Conservatives, Christians Wading Into Culture Battle Ahead Of National Faith-Based Story Hour Event</a>

‘I See So Many Who Are Just Tolerating Evil’: Kirk Cameron Dissects Problems With ‘Tolerance’ Culture

'I See So Many Who Are Just Tolerating Evil': Kirk Cameron Dissects Problems With 'Tolerance' Culture

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-eye-sore-of-the-event-kirk-cameron-reacts-to-faith-based-story-hour-interrupted-by-drag-queens-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> called out Scholastic Books for glamorizing gender transitioning and pushing &#8220;sexually explicit&#8221; material in books, calling the publisher a &#8220;wolf in sheep&#8217;s clothing&#8221; that&#8217;s taken over schools and libraries.
The 53-year-old actor dropped a lengthy post on Tuesday <a href="https://twitter.com/kirkcameron/status/1721883590449856583?s=51&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on X</a> slamming the publisher for prioritizing &#8220;LGBTQIA+-themed books — including those that have obscene, graphic content&#8221; as he discussed his new partnership with non-woke SkyTree Book Fairs.
&#8220;MUST READ! Ever wondered how all the sexually explicit, morally disgusting, and dangerous books get into our children&#8217;s schools, classrooms, and libraries?&#8221; Cameron wrote. &#8220;[SkyTreeFairs] and I did a deep dive and discovered who the real wolf in Grandma&#8217;s clothing is. We see you [scholastic]!&#8221;
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1/ MUST READ! Ever wondered how all the sexually explicit, morally disgusting, and dangerous books get into our children’s schools, classrooms, and libraries?<a href="https://twitter.com/SkyTreeFairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SkyTreeFairs</a> and I did a deep dive and discovered who the real wolf in Grandma’s clothing is. 
We see you <a href="https://twitter.com/Scholastic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@scholastic</a>!
— Kirk Cameron (@KirkCameron) <a href="https://twitter.com/KirkCameron/status/1721883590449856583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
The &#8220;Growing Pains star&#8221; shared what he said were the pages from the book &#8220;Welcome to St. Hell,&#8221; a &#8220;2022 [Scholastic] book that&#8221; he said &#8220;glamorizes gender transitioning to middle schoolers.&#8221;
He also included another post with quotes from another pro-trans book called &#8220;Melissa&#8221; that&#8217;s geared towards children ages 8–12 and written by Scholastic&#8217;s &#8220;radical activist-author [Alex Gino].&#8221; The excerpt he shared read, &#8220;She immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was a [penis] bobbing in front of her.&#8221;
Another excerpt from a different book from the publisher titled &#8220;Rick,&#8221; that&#8217;s &#8220;marketed for children ages 8–12&#8221; he said &#8220;tells the story of a grandfather and grandchild coming out as trans to one another.&#8221;
&#8220;As further evidence of how obscene these books are, [BraveBooksUS] had a [Facebook] ad that included images from [Scholastic&#8217;s] book, &#8216;Heartstopper,&#8217; which got rejected for depicting &#8216;people in explicit or suggestive positions or images that show nudity or cleavage,'&#8221; Cameron wrote.
&#8220;Some assume that because [Scholastic] is a world-renowned children&#8217;s publisher, these books we&#8217;ve highlighted are the exception,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That is incorrect &#8230; [Scholastic] has published a list of their 100+ LGBTQIA+ books on their website. (This list is not exhaustive as we found many other LGBTQ-themed books not on it.)&#8221;
&#8220;For many years, [Scholastic] has been championed by educators as a trusted publisher of children&#8217;s content,&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;This should no longer be the case. Scholastic is pushing sexualized and gender-confusing content for minors into schools and libraries.&#8221;
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star then encouraged parents to download a <a href="https://skytreebookfairs.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PDF</a> from SkyTree Book Fairs that he said &#8220;documents the inappropriate and sexualized children&#8217;s content published and distributed by [Scholastic]&#8221; and share it with your school leaders to make the change to SkyTree Book Fairs.
Cameron told The Daily Wire he&#8217;s partnering with the company because &#8220;kids are exposed to sexually explicit, race-infused, and gender-confusing children&#8217;s books while being told this is what it means to be educated, that this is the reason they go to school. But these books, published and distributed by Scholastic, are taking children down a path that will eventually destroy them and their families.&#8221;

Today – Season 67

Kirk Cameron Calls Out Scholastic Books For Glamorizing Gender Transitioning, Pushing ‘Sexually Explicit’ Material

Kirk Cameron Calls Out Scholastic Books For Glamorizing Gender Transitioning, Pushing 'Sexually Explicit' Material

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An Alabama public library reversed its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision to cancel</a> a Moms for Liberty book reading event featuring actor Kirk Cameron and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines. It will now allow it to take place on Saturday. 
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library System announced Wednesday that the Madison Public Library could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300, <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">citing</a> concerns about security and capacity. After backlash and a letter from law firm First Liberty Institute, the library system reverted back to allowing the event, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m happy to announce that Madison Public Library has reversed course and are now rightfully inviting us to come host the story hour for the community in Huntsville,&#8221; said Brave Books CEO Trent Talbot. 
&#8220;We must stand our ground and fight for our public institutions,” he added. “The foe we fail to meet at the gate in our own generation is the foe we let into the city for the next.&#8221;
The event, held by publishing company Brave Books, is part of a “See You at the Library” national tour in nearly 300 libraries in 45 states. After Cameron announced on social media that he would attend, protesters threatened to crash the event. 
As more people began expressing interest in attending, the library asked if the organizers needed additional space to accommodate a larger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to hold the event in the public space.
Brave Books immediately challenged the decision to cancel the event, and law firm First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the library system, stating it was &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client’s civil rights in court,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue">reported</a>. Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart previously told The Daily Wire they disagreed with how the library system and the Madison City Police Department wanted to address the safety concerns.
“It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,” Jones, the organization’s Madison County chapter chair, said. “To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.”
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The event, led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” seeks to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country as an alternative to the controversial drag queen story hours targeting children.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event, but Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
“I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,” she said.
The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
“The response was overwhelming,” Jones said.
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Join me this Saturday, August 5th, for the first National &#39;See You at the Library’ day with thousands of faithful Americans for a day of singing, praying, and reading.
I will be visiting 3 libraries with <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BraveBooksUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>:
1. TENNESSEE: We will be at the… <a href="https://t.co/N9fK2EirAz">pic.twitter.com/N9fK2EirAz</a>
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Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

Alabama Library Reverses Decision After Canceling Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines Faith-Filled Story Hour Event

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Two days after actor Kirk Cameron and former NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines announced that they would be appearing at a faith-filled story hour hosted by the conservative political organization Moms for Liberty at the Madison Public Library in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a>, the event was abruptly canceled after months of planning.
Citing a capacity limit, the library&#8217;s public relations director Jay Hixon said in a <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> that the public space could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300 following the announcement from conservative influencers Cameron and Gaines, which also sparked threats from protestors about 80 miles south of Madison County.
But Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart told The Daily Wire they&#8217;re not buying the official narrative from the 200-year-old countywide library system and the Madison City Police Department.
&#8220;It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,&#8221; Jones, the organization&#8217;s Madison County chapter chair, said. &#8220;To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.&#8221;
Two months ago, Jones said the grassroots parent group that advocates against school curricula teaching identity politics to children &#8212; including LGBT rights and Critical Race Theory &#8212; received notice from BRAVE Books publishing company looking to hold a story hour event in the southern state during its &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; national tour taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
The event is led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom &#8220;Growing Pains,&#8221; to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country on August 5 as an alternative to controversial children&#8217;s drag queen events, the company said on X.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event. But of the many locations booked on the tour, Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
&#8220;I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,&#8221; she said.
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The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
&#8220;The response was overwhelming,&#8221; Jones said.
As more people began expressing interest in attending, Jones said the library reached out and asked if the organizers needed additional space to hold a bigger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to still hold the event in the public space.
&#8220;This is intended to be at a library and put traditional values back into the library, so we&#8217;re sticking there,&#8221; Jones said.
After several exchanges, the library ultimately said they would no longer support the event out of safety concerns and suggested finding a new location without providing other alternative solutions, including directing library staff to operate on a suggested first-come, first-serve basis.
&#8220;My personal opinion is they really don&#8217;t want this event to happen,&#8221; Stewart, the communications lead for the organization&#8217;s first and largest chapter in North Alabama, said.
Stewart said the group has been monitoring social media accounts on TikTok and Reddit threads of far-left protesters who planned to travel to Madison and hold protests outside the story hour event. Some have indicated they would display banned books in the parking lot, while others suggested they would show up dressed in drag attire in front of the children.
When tour organizers first approached Moms for Liberty to host the children&#8217;s event, Jones said they were reluctant due to other obligations. But after a couple of weeks, she said God put it on her heart to move forward with the event in the wake of drag queen story events popping up nationwide in recent years, including at the <a href="https://www.mymuskokanow.com/92605/news/drag-queen-story-time-a-success-for-huntsville-library/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madison Public Library</a>.
&#8220;We have family-friendly drag shows 20 minutes from my house,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have kid drag shows, meaning kids are dressing in drag on full display — and I think that God put this in front of us because he hears the cry of our community, our churches, and our leaders to step up and push back on them.&#8221;
&#8220;So I think God did the next best thing and turned to the moms and said, &#8216;Make it happen,'&#8221; she added.
BRAVE Books recently obtained evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association (ALA) has allegedly been guiding libraries nationwide to thwart conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries. According to the publishing company, a director with the national association suggested how libraries could block public meeting rooms from events like Cameron&#8217;s tour to use under the pretext of the space already being taken for other activities.
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🚨 1/ BREAKING: We have obtained exclusive evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association <a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALALibrary</a> is circulating guidance to sabotage conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries on August 5th. One ALA director gave suggestions on… <a href="https://t.co/iBqwIChNhJ">pic.twitter.com/iBqwIChNhJ</a>
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After the company posted the leaked recordings on social media, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) in demanding an investigation into ALA&#8217;s alleged religious discrimination against BRAVE Books.
&#8220;To the contrary, the ALA is advancing a political agenda, not Brave Books. Further, the ALA is doing so while receiving federal funds and actively promoting hotly contested events in public libraries, including &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8217; – events aimed at having scantily and/or exotically clothed adults read to children with the goal of introducing them to sexualized topics. The ALA has an entire page dedicated to &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hour,&#8217; which includes a program session labeled &#8216;Reading Fabulously,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-demand-investigation-into-alas-religious-discrimination-against-brave-books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> the senators.
First Liberty Institute, the law firm representing Cameron and Brave Books, sent a letter to the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C., asking the federal agency to &#8220;open an investigation into whether the American Library Association has violated federal law protecting religious liberty and failed to comply with the assurances of nondiscrimination required as a federal grant recipient,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-seeks-investigation-of-american-library-association.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Christian Post</a>.
An ALA spokesperson told the outlet, in part, &#8220;Publicly funded libraries are not obligated to provide meeting room space to the public.&#8221;
&#8220;If libraries choose to do so, such spaces are considered designated public forums, and legal precedent holds that libraries may not exclude any group based on the subject matter to be discussed or the ideas for which the group advocates,&#8221; the spokesperson continued, adding the association has been &#8220;very clear that, just like all other policies, library policies regarding meeting rooms should not be prejudicial or discriminatory&#8221; and should follow what it considers &#8220;a reasonable content and viewpoint policy&#8221; that protects library users and staff from &#8220;harassment.&#8221;
&#8220;[R]ather, they must be inclusive and follow a reasonable content and viewpoint policy that benefits all members, as well as &#8216;user behavior policies that protect library users and staff from harassment, while maintaining their historic support for the freedom of speech,'&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;Any statement or suggestion that ALA has advised otherwise is incorrect and intentionally misleading.&#8221;
First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys, who is representing the Alabama Moms for Liberty chapter, called the cancellation an &#8220;unconstitutional religious discrimination&#8221; in a letter to the Huntsville-Madison County Libraries, adding that if Madison Public Library continues to refuse space for the event, attorneys are &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client&#8217;s civil rights in court.&#8221;
But for parents nationwide, such as Jones and Stewart, who observe foundational institutions exiling Christian conservatives out of the public square while openly embracing &#8220;evil societal norms&#8221; taking precedence in the United States, they are more encouraged than ever to take their fight on a national level and bring revival back into the communities.
&#8220;This does not go away with one story hour,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;This is a generational fight for the safety and welfare of our children, and we&#8217;ve got to start taking action.&#8221;

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Alabama Library Cancels Moms for Liberty, Kirk Cameron Faith-Filled Story Hour Event After Hundreds RSVP

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-boycotts-new-book-and-slams-pride-month-celebrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> talked about Conservatives and Christians wading into the culture battle &#8212; and pushing back on the woke agenda being forced on their kids &#8212; ahead of a faith-based story hour event taking place across the country this Saturday from Brave books.
The 52-year-old actor spoke to The Daily Wire on Tuesday about both the positive response and pushback he and his publisher have seen for their National See You At The Library Day 2023, taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
Cameron said tens of thousands of people are expected at his events, as well as other Brave authors&#8217; story hours hosted by influential people like <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>, Sheriff Mark Lamb, David Harris Jr., and more. He said he will personally be in three libraries in three states in one day &#8212; surprising hosts in Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas &#8212; to read one of his books with the company. He recently released &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Comes-Before-Freedom-Island/dp/1955550395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DP8KJXAYV4Y8&amp;keywords=pride+comes+before+the+fall+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1690919493&amp;sprefix=Pride+comes+%2Caps%2C169&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pride Comes Before The Fall</a>,&#8221; and previously &#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; with Brave books.
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star stressed that the event isn&#8217;t a Kirk story hour and instead praised Christians and Conservatives, who he said have been &#8220;vilified&#8221; and &#8220;demonized&#8221; by the Left, for taking the spark he and Brave started by demanding a seat at the table.
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We are thrilled that there are now over 200 BRAVE Story hours, happening in libraries across the country on August 5! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We are still looking for hosts in the following states:
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&mdash; BRAVE BOOKS (@BraveBooksUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS/status/1683464465398767616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This isn&#8217;t Kirk out there doing a story hour at a library, these are American patriots,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;I think this is a real tangible moment for people to see in America and those outside America that are looking at what a mess America is in right now, morally, politically, and spiritually.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a bunch of talking heads battling about ideas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But parents who are now fully engaged for the hearts and minds of their children, thus the future of our country in the public square contending for the ideas that will produce the results of the future. Conservatives and people of faith want a seat at the table.&#8221;
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&#8220;They don&#8217;t like being marginalized and vilified. Well, on August 5, we have a seat at the table and the Left is going to feel the weight of that,&#8221; Cameron continued, noting how Christians are taking a page out of the Left&#8217;s handbook in this fight.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> focused on the response from communities instead of the critics, and said they have received so much support from numerous organizations, churches, various libraries, boards, politicians, families, state governors, pastors, mayors, and more who took it upon themselves to host their own story hours when more well-known names canceled due to protestors.
Recently, Brave books and Cameron spoke about the pushback they have gotten from protestors and some libraries. He also talked about video they obtained of the American Library Association (ALA) explaining to other libraries how they could &#8220;block families&#8221; who want to host these story hours, while &#8220;simultaneously hosting and funding Drag Queen story hours.&#8221;
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star praised politicians like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who the publisher said sent a letter to the IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) calling for an investigation into the ALA and their apparent use of taxpayer dollars to silence BRAVE Books, a release read.
More information about Saturday&#8217;s event and Brave story hours can be found <a href="https://bravebooks.us/pages/bb-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron Reacts To Library Harassment At Faith-Based Story Hour, Says Left’s Playing The Long Game</a>

Kirk Cameron Talks Conservatives, Christians Wading Into Culture Battle Ahead Of National Faith-Based Story Hour Event

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-eye-sore-of-the-event-kirk-cameron-reacts-to-faith-based-story-hour-interrupted-by-drag-queens-activists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> talked about the Bud Light and Target boycotts over its woke agenda, his new book &#8220;Pride Comes Before the Fall&#8221; and slammed the idea of a whole month glorifying &#8220;who people like to have sex with.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">52-year-old actor</a> spoke to The Daily Wire about his book, the first in a series of books on the seven deadly sins, which deals with Pride &#8220;because it&#8217;s the deadliest.&#8221; He said despite what critics are claiming, his book from Brave Books is not anti-LGBTQ, but instead &#8220;pro-humility.&#8221;
He said kids have loved it because they understood the message right away which is &#8220;that when you are prideful and think of yourself first, you&#8217;re headed for destruction. But when you think of others first and you look to serve them then you win.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that at the end of the day, there are those who want to take my book about humility and somehow twist it into a narrative that it&#8217;s an anti-gay book,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;Which couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth. It&#8217;s simply a pro-humility book.&#8221;
&#8220;Everybody needs to learn the blessing of being humble and thinking of others first,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Feeding the &#8216;me monster,&#8217; self-satisfaction, self-exaltation always leads to misery.&#8221;
When pressed further about the books&#8217; release in time for Pride Month, the &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; <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">star</a> said he couldn&#8217;t &#8220;think of a better time for this book to be released.&#8221;
&#8220;Number one, it&#8217;s just in time for kids getting out of school in June &#8230;,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;I do understand though that of course this is Pride Month. l think it&#8217;s deeply concerning that we have one month out of the year that has been set aside to glorify who people like to have sex with.&#8221;
&#8220;What I see happening culturally with Bud Light and Target and North Face and other companies who are leaning into this ESG woke agenda,&#8221; he added, is a &#8220;strategy&#8221; to &#8220;distract everybody with cries for empathy, inclusion, and diversity. And then claim that it&#8217;s all just harmless human rights.&#8221;
&#8220;And then they go after the kids, like in these Drag Queen Story Hours &#8230; because they are the most vulnerable and easily influenced,&#8221; Cameron continued. &#8220;So they wash over their innocent little consciouses with this leftist propaganda knowing that it will become the reality of the next generation. And they [will] have successfully destabilized and de-organized our current social system in order to reorganize it according to a value system made in their own image.&#8221;
<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> said the good news is that &#8220;millions of Americans aren&#8217;t buying it&#8221; which he said was a big part of the reason companies like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-sales-continue-to-plummet-may-soon-lose-status-as-number-one-beer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bud Light</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-issues-challenge-to-corporate-america-warns-they-could-be-next-following-bud-light-target-boycott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Target</a> are hurting.
&#8220;I think that it&#8217;s important that we vote with our dollars and we support companies and the people that support America and America values,&#8221; the &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star said. &#8220;But at the end of the day, we need to turn our hearts to God because this problem is bigger than just shopping for shoes and bathing suits at another store.&#8221;
&#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Comes-Before-Fall-Cameron/dp/1955550395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MCCV72K3ADAZ&amp;keywords=pride+comes+before+the+fall+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1685570229&amp;sprefix=Pride+Comes+%2Caps%2C168&amp;sr=8-1">Pride Comes Before the Fall</a>&#8221; comes out June 1, with his next book in the series about the seven deadly sins scheduled to be out by Christmas. Cameron also said he will continue his library readings nationwide. He also promised to &#8220;create meaningful opportunities&#8221; throughout the month of June for those who &#8220;reject the glorification of pride&#8221; and urged fans to see his social media for more information.

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<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;

‘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

<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

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;
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