Chip and Joanna Ga’ church and a pastor wh anti-gay beliefs had the ‘Fixer Upper’ stars assurg fans that they’re not homophobic or anti-LGBTQ.
Contents:
- CHIP AND JOANNA GA AND THE ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY OVER HGTV'S FIXER UPPER, EXPLAED
- HGTV RPONDS TO CHIP AND JOANNA GA' ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
- WERE 'FIXER UPPER' STARS CHIP AND JOANNA GA OUTED AS ANTI-GAY?
- CHIP & JOANNA GA UNR FIRE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ANTI-GAY CHURCH
- FIXER UPPER STAR ASKS FOR “SLACK” WAKE OF ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
- CHIP AND JOANNA GA ADDRSED RACIST AND ANTI-GAY ALLEGATNS
- I CALL BULLS**T ON HGTV STAR CHIP GA' BLOG ABOUT ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY
CHIP AND JOANNA GA AND THE ANTI-GAY NTROVERSY OVER HGTV'S FIXER UPPER, EXPLAED
The shows slated for the new platform feature hosts om different backgrounds, cludg Black hosts like Jonathan Morris and Jaa Norman and openly gay terr signer Brian Patrick Flynn.
They appear to be walkg the walk wh one of Magnolia's flagship seri, Md for Dign, hosted by openly gay terr signer Brian Patrick Flynn.
In an terview wh The Hollywood Reporter, Chip and Joanna Ga addrsed the long-standg mors, which appear to have origated six years ago a Buzzfeed article which TV reporter Kate Aurthur claimed that the uple’s pastor is anti-gay and don’t support same-sex marriage. “Absolutely not, ” Pastor Jimmy Seibert replied when asked if he is anti-gay. “We are not only not anti-gay, we are jt pro-helpg people their journey to fd out who God is and who He has ma them to be.
HGTV RPONDS TO CHIP AND JOANNA GA' ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
But the Ga’ populary — alongsi speculatn about their offscreen relig beliefs and polics — has land them at the center of an anti-gay ntroversy. In particular, their fah and their beliefs on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights have e to qutn due to the anti-gay views held by the pastor of their church. BuzzFeed brought up qutns about the Ga’ pastor and why Fixer Upper never featur gay upl.
And why hasn’t Fixer Upper ever featured a gay uple while other HGTV shows have — is bee the hosts believe what Seibert preach? Specifilly, she c Seibert’s ments that most LGBTQ people are LGBTQ bee they were abed, and that he believ ’s possible for gay people to bee straight if they m to dog so:. I’ve worked wh people for over 30 years — I have seen hundreds of people personally change their directn of same-sex attractn om a homosexual liftyle to a heterosexual liftyle.
WERE 'FIXER UPPER' STARS CHIP AND JOANNA GA OUTED AS ANTI-GAY?
Conversn therapy is banned five stat and Washgton, DC; the Amerin Psychologil Associatn stat that nversn therapy and ex-gay mistry (the ia that sexualy n be changed through relign) n be dangero:. [S]uch efforts [nversn therapy or ex-gay mistry] have ser potential to harm young people bee they prent the view that the sexual orientatn of lbian, gay, and bisexual youth is a mental illns or disorr, and they often ame the abily to change one’s sexual orientatn as a personal and moral failure. What we do know is that there hasn’t been a gay uple featured on any of Fixer Upper’s 40-pl episos to date (the upl featured also tend to be whe); that fact was the apparent impet for Aurthur’s article.
CHIP & JOANNA GA UNR FIRE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ANTI-GAY CHURCH
Is the lack of gay upl featured on Fixer Upper the Ga’ choice, and if is, then is discrimatn? Ameri’s gay muni are bet wh elevated rat of anxiety, prsn, substance abe, and suici. The roundabout logic French — that gay people would be ls sad if they jt listened to God, whom he argu has told people that ’s okay to discrimate agast gay people and make said gay people sad — is really somethg.
There’s a b of glossg over of Seibert’s quot about nversn therapy and discrimatn agast gay upl (you n hear those quot full this 2015 sermon he gave rponse to the legalizatn of same-sex marriage), as well as generalizg the BuzzFeed piece wh the claratn that “liberals hate the Christian fah.
FIXER UPPER STAR ASKS FOR “SLACK” WAKE OF ANTI-GAY CHURCH CONTROVERSY
As mentned above, 2014 the channel nceled a proposed show, Flip It Forward, bee s hosts, David and Jason Benham, were volly anti-gay.
David Benham spoke to a nservative talk show September 2012 and said, “Homosexualy and s agenda... Chip and Joanna Ga, the married hosts of the popular HGTV realy show seri Fixer Upper, found themselv at the center of an unlikely ntroversy November 2016 when they were taken to task by a well known news web se for possibly beg agast gay marriage. Ined, Antch Communy Church's web se stat that "Marriage is the ung of one man and one woman venant mment for a lifetime, " and Pastor Jimmy Seibert, who matas homosexualy a s, says has worked wh people to succsfully reverse their sexual "liftyl":.
To date, neher Chip nor Joanna Ga has gone on rerd for or agast gay marriage.
CHIP AND JOANNA GA ADDRSED RACIST AND ANTI-GAY ALLEGATNS
So let’s cut to the chase – is Antch Communy Church anti-gay? “We are not only not anti-gay, but we are pro-helpg people their journey to fd out who God is and who He has ma them to be. One of Magnolia's shows, Md For Dign, is beg hosted by gay terr signer Brian Patrick Flynn.
I CALL BULLS**T ON HGTV STAR CHIP GA' BLOG ABOUT ANTI-GAY CONTROVERSY
As you’ve hopefully seen by now, HGTV‘s most popular seri Fixer Upper found self a sndal last week when was revealed hosts Chip and Joanna Ga belong to a notorly homophobic church. Pastor Seibert openly nmned homosexualy as a s followg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage year, durg the height of social unrt and rts natnwi, Chip, Joanna and their children were featured on Emmanuel Acho's YouTube seri "Conversatns wh a Black Man. Openly gay terr signer Brian Patrick Flynn also has a show on the Magnolia and Joanna have also brought back “Fixer Upper” a reboot for their work.