Instead Of Caving To Haters, Candace Cameron Bure Just Used Their Attacks To Share The Gospel

Candace Cameron Bure, the Hallmark Channel queen who rose to fame as D.J. Tanner on “Full House,” just wants to make Christmas movies that spread the joy and wholesomeness of Christmas and of her Christian faith. To that end, she recently moved from Hallmark to Great American Family, a new, smaller channel “that is positioning itself as the God-and-country alternative for holiday entertainment.”

For the crime of wanting to make a product that aligns better with her Christian faith, Bure is getting slammed as a bigot. But instead of apologizing for her convictions, Bure’s words and actions indicate she’s more interested in spreading the love of Christ than appeasing her Hollywood haters.

“My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them,” Bure told The Wall Street Journal in a feature story that set off a firestorm of backlash on Monday. “I knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment.”

The channel isn’t designed to “proselytize” or tell overtly religious stories, but to provide itself as an alternative for Americans who are fed up with the incessant agendas of mainstream Hollywood, suggested Bill Abbott, the former CEO of Hallmark’s parent company who is now heading up Great American Media, which includes Great American Family. Prompted by a question about whether same-sex relationships will be central features of her films, Bure said in her interview with the Journal, “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core.”

For that line, Bure was chastised by former Hallmark colleagues and other fellow stars from JoJo Siwa to Maren Morris, Chrishell Stause, and even Bure’s former “Full House” costar Jodie Sweetin, who commented her support for Siwa’s post slamming Bure.

The Real Christmas Story

Instead of caving to her critics and apologizing for her faith, Bure used her response on Thursday as an opportunity to share the Gospel story for which Christmas exists in the first place.

“I am a devoted Christian. Which means that I believe that every human being bears the image of God,” she wrote on Instagram. “Because of that, I am called to love all people, and I do.”

“In everything I do and say,” she continued, “God’s love and God’s compassion is front and center. All of that comes from the LOVE that God himself showered upon humanity when he gave the gift of joy and forgiveness on the first Christmas morning 2000 years ago.”

Without apologizing for her Christian beliefs, Bure said it “breaks my heart that anyone would ever think I intentionally would want to offend and hurt anyone.” She also indicated that, while she won’t use her movies to promote an agenda that undermines traditional marriage, her beliefs do not preclude her from loving and working alongside people whose lifestyles she may not condone (this same distinction has been made by Jack Phillips, another Christian targeted for his convictions). “I

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