It has been fun to watch Kirk Cameron stir up controversy in advance of the release of his schlock revisionist history film. In case you missed it, Cameron went on Piers Morgan and lovingly bashed homosexuals. I have always thought that junk food television sitcoms with third rate actors are unnatural, detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization, but that is just my opinion.
Cameron is just another promoter of infantile "rapture" theology which teaches Christians to gaze deeply into their navels and fantasize about their rewards for believing in Jesus. It appeals to people who want to believe that God loves them more than all the people that do not act, think, vote, or look like them. Many, like Cameron, also believe that God wants them to have dominion over the nation. Nothing reflects humbly walking with Christ like trying to control everything and everyone.
I have to give Cameron his due. He skillfully manufactured a timely controversy that was guaranteed to play well among his target audience for his new movie. Whether former tabloid editor Piers Morgan was a shill or just the tool that Cameron felt would help him get the most publicity does not really matter. What matters is that he was able to milk the media for free publicity, aided in no small measure by the indignation from the people offended by his insensitive comments. Getting bashed by gay rights advocates helps Kirk sell more tickets. He knows that. Cameron is very, very, very good at serving himself.
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