Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Tuesday's
episode of The View defended Kirk Cameron's right to speak out
against gay rights, but co-host Joy Behar said he should “just shut
up.”
Cameron has been under fire for
anti-gay comments he made during a recent appearance on CNN's Piers
Morgan Tonight.
The 41-year-old Cameron
told host Piers Morgan that being gay is “detrimental, and
ultimately destructive” and that he would not be supportive if one
of his six sons told him he was gay.
(Related: Kirk
Cameron calls Hollywood response to anti-gay comments “hate
speech.”)
“Why don't these people who are
homophobes stop watching Glee? We don't care. You don't like
it. You don't do it. Fine. Why do they have to speak out against
people who are just living their lives the way they were born. …
Just shut up about it,” Behar told the panel.
Hasselbeck, who is considered the
show's most conservative member, said she disagreed with Cameron's
views but added that she believes that part of “the beauty of this
nation” is that he's free to “stand up and say what he believes.”
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