So much for Flip It Forward.
Earlier today, HGTV announced - via a one-sentence statement on its Facebook page - that it will NOT move ahead with this home-redesign series, due to the views of hosts Jason and David Benham.
The sons of a well-known evangelical Christian minister, the Benham brothers have come under fire their alleged anti-homosexual beliefs, along with their connection to a father who protested an interfaith Sandy Hook memorial service.
Flip Benham, the leader of Operation Save America, has also openly opposed mosques, LGBT rights and abortion rights.
In 2012, David Benham led a prayer rally outside the Democratic National Convention and said "homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation."
Now, in response to their show being pulled from HGTV, the siblings have released a statement. It reads:
"As Christians we are called to love our fellow man. Anyone who suggests that we hate homosexuals or people of other faiths is either misinformed or lying ... we do not, nor will we ever discriminate against people who do not share our views."
And it concludes:
"We were saddened to hear HGTV's decision. With all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television today you would think there would be room for two twin brothers who are faithful to our families, committed to biblical principles, and dedicated professionals. If our faith costs us a television show then so be it."
Do you think HGTV should have pulled Flip It Forward? And do the Benham belong on this list?
1. Kirk Cameron
Few celebrities are as vocally opposed to same sex marriage as former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron.
2. Phil Robertson
Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson ignited a national controversy with his comments to GQ about gays and gay sex.
3. Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington got the boot from Grey's Anatomy, and pretty much derailed his own career, by referring to then co-star T.R. Knight by a gay slur ... then doing it again whilst insisting he didn't do it.
4. Chris Brown
Chris Brown has dropped more gay slurs over the course of his many scandals than we can even remember.
5. Alec Baldwin
The actor got into hot water with homophobic tweets towards writer George Stark, then in a separate incident, called a photographer a "c--ks--king f--got" which he somehow said was not a gay slur.
6. Paris Hilton
In the fall of 2012, Hilton said: “"Gay guys are the horniest people in the world... they’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS." Not much we can add to that.
7. Pat Robertson
In August 2013, Pat Robertson said on The 700 Club that gay peiple purposely spread AIDS. Really, he said this!
8. Donald Trump
Trump actually criticized gay marriage by comparing it to a golf game in 2012. It's as strange as it sounds.
9. Mel Gibson
In 1991, Gibson told Spanish newspaper El Pais: “With this look, who’s going to think I’m gay? I don’t lend myself to that type of confusion. Do I look like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?†Was this a long time ago? Yes. But has Gibson's recent behavior made you think he's grown more tolerant?
10. Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan launched into an anti-gay bit during a stand-up routine. He balked at apologizing but later did so in a statement.
11. Lil Scrappy
When Frank Ocean came out, Lil Scrappy made a plea to “real women†who want to deal with “real men†so they could “keep the AIDS situation down."
12. Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A became a cause celebre for same-sex marriage opp
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