As actor-writer Kirk Cameron prepares to hold story-hour programs connected to his new children’s book at two public libraries next week after they initially rejected his inquiries, some local residents where he’ll be speaking have expressed their disapproval — including of Cameron himself.
“We can show this voice that he [Cameron] means nothing to us by simply not listening to him,” wrote two residents of Scarsdale, New York, in a joint letter to the editor published on that town’s largest community website a few days ago.
“We don’t want to support this voice’s attempt to generate controversy, divide people, push an agenda, raise his profile and make money off it,” the residents also wrote, in part.
KIRK CAMERON DECLARES A ‘WIN’ OVER TWO PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAT DENIED HIM STORY HOURS BUT NOW HAVE ‘CAVED’
Noting that they moved to the town to “raise our children” in a “wonderful community,” the two writers added, “What makes us not so typical is that we have a child (they/them) who identifies as LGBTQ+ and is moving along the gender spectrum. As they were assigned male at birth, the assumption is that they are a boy, but they are not.”
The couple then described Cameron as “an anti-LGBTQ+ actor-writer” — and said their “initial reaction” to discovering he would appear at their library “was to organize a peaceful gathering” against him.
Kirk Cameron’s new children’s book is “As You Grow,” which describes the growth of a “gentle giant” of a tree as it faces an array of dangers while practicing the qualities of compassion, kindness, patience and self-control.
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The couple now say, however, that “the right response to this event is — nothing,” they asserted in the same letter.
Another letter to the editor, posted just a day later on the same community website, said — as part of a much longer note — “This situation has landed at our door, unwelcome, and we can pull together and not allow this ugly agenda to…
