Candace Cameron Bure: Nice American Household Will not Deal with Homosexual {Couples}

Whereas Hallmark Channel is leaning into extra inclusive storylines, Candace Cameron Bure and Nice American Household are seemingly doing the other. In a brand new interview with The Wall Road Journal, Bure, who exited Hallmark to hitch former CEO Invoice Abbott on the new firm earlier this 12 months, opened up about her new function as chief artistic officer.

“My coronary heart desires to inform tales which have extra that means and goal and depth behind them,” she mentioned about making the change. “I knew that the individuals behind Nice American Household had been Christians that love the Lord and wished to advertise religion programming and good household leisure.”

Not solely is Bure ready star in her alternative of movies, however she’s additionally producing spiritual titles beneath the “Candace Cameron Bure Presents” banner. Nonetheless, the transfer has include an excessive amount of controversy, along with her telling WSJ that Hallmark is “principally is a totally totally different community than after I began due to the change of management.” (The community, in flip, commented, “We wish all viewers to see themselves in our programming and everyone seems to be welcome.”)

Whereas Hallmark is doing a powerful push for extra LGBTQ+ storylines — their first authentic vacation film targeted on a same-sex couple debuts subsequent month — that received’t be taking place at Nice American Household, Bure mentioned.

“I feel that Nice American Household will hold conventional marriage on the core,” she mentioned. Abbott added, “It’s actually the 12 months 2022, so we’re conscious of the developments. There’s no whiteboard that claims, ‘Sure, this’ or ‘No, we’ll by no means go right here.’”

In September, Abbott and Bure spoke with Selection about their plans to develop the community. When requested about together with extra various tales, Abbott defined, “Generally we’re not considered by people who find themselves actually good at these storylines and so we’ve to go search them… In rising this enterprise, it’s a lot a a lot heavier raise than I ever thought. I knew it was going to be onerous, however not this tough. And so, we’ll get there, nevertheless it’s not an in a single day factor.”

He additionally said that “over time” there’ll possible be alternative to have a good time different faiths, quite than simply Christianity and Christmas. “We don’t have the posh of getting 30 individuals in improvement having the ability to take conferences with a variety of totally different individuals. We take as many as we are able to, however time is proscribed within the day,” he added

“I feel we all know the core viewers and what they love is precisely how Invoice initially constructed the Hallmark Channel,” mentioned Bure. “That was Christmas and people conventional holidays, in order that’s what the main target goes to be. You’ve acquired to start out someplace. You may’t do every part without delay.”