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"Kirk Cameron&amp;apos;s anti-gay remarks during his interview with Piers Morgan on Friday have taken the world by storm. So much in fact, much of Hollywood&amp;apos;s LGBT community and allies have taken a stand on him referring to homosexuality as &amp;quot;unnatural,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;detrimental&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;ultimately destructive.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOn Monday, the Growing Pains actor released a statement addressing the controversy he caused, explaining that his remarks weren&amp;apos;t intended to offend.\r\n&amp;quot;I spoke as honestly as I could, but some people believe my responses were not loving toward those in the gay community. That is not true. I can assuredly say that it&amp;apos;s my life&amp;apos;s mission to love all people,&amp;quot; Cameron told ABC News.\r\n\r\nHowever, on the same note, the Christian activist, 41, continued to back up his original stance.\r\n&amp;quot;I should be able to express moral views on social issues, especially those that have been the underpinning of Western civilization for 2,000 years &amp;#x2014;- without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who preach &amp;apos;tolerance&amp;apos; that I need to either bend my beliefs to their moral standards or be silent when I&amp;apos;m in the public square.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAnother hard-to-swallow part of the actor&amp;apos;s Friday interview was when Morgan asked what he&amp;apos;d say if one of his six children were to come out.\r\n&amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;apos;t say &amp;apos;That&amp;apos;s great, son, as long as you&amp;apos;re happy.&amp;apos; I&amp;apos;m going to say, There are all sorts of issues we need to wrestle through in our life. Just because you feel one way doesn&amp;apos;t mean we should act on everything we feel,&amp;quot; the actor said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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