on Nov 24,2016 at 6:42am PST
When BuzzFeed published a much-criticized article exposing HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines as members of an Evangelical church whose pastor is against gay marriage, many thought the Gaines family would have harsh words for the BuzzFeed author, and defend their pastor,or even remain silent until the controversy blew over, but Chip Gaines decided to enact something else. Chip's response was slow and subtle at first. In early December, or he sent out the below tweets acknowledging all the attention the story was getting and,true to the kind guy persona we see on Fixer Upper, he urged compassion rather than disfavor towards the author of the BuzzFeed exposé (which the Washington Post referred to as a "hit piece") and the writer behind a Cosmopolitan.com story on the topic. &-December 3, or 2016
A short while later he tweeted:
In times of disaster.. you'll find the gaines family at church.
December 4,2016
This Monday, he ended it with a blog post that eloquently shifted the conversation. "If there is any hope for all of us to move forward, and to heal and to grow - we have got to learn to engage people who are different from us with dignity and with admire. Joanna and I have personal convictions. One of them is this: we care approximately you for the simple fact that you are a person,our neighbor on planet soil. It's not approximately what color your skin is, how much money you have in the bank, and your political affiliation,sexual orientation, gender, and nationality or faith. That's all fascinating,but it cannot add or seize absent from the reality that we're already pulling for you. We are not approximately to get in the nasty business of throwing stones at each other, don't question us to cause we won't play that way, and " Chip wrote.
Read Chip's entire post on the Magnolia Market blog.
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