{"id":1465,"date":"2022-10-10T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2022-10-10T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:57:41","slug":"candace-cameron-bure-thinks-married-sex-gets-a-bad-rap-its-a-gift-from-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2022\/10\/candace-cameron-bure-thinks-married-sex-gets-a-bad-rap-its-a-gift-from-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Candace Cameron Bure Thinks Married Sex \u2018gets a bad rap\u2019, It\u2019s a \u2018Gift from God.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Candace Cameron Bure spoke with Mayim Bialik on her podcast, \u201cBreakdown\u201d<\/a> and spoke on a myriad of topics, including her struggles with an eating disorder<\/a>, parenting, and Bialik and Bure sharing their experiences as child stars on \u201cBlossom\u201d and \u201cFull House\u201d respectively. Bure also discussed being married to her husband, former hockey player Valeri Bure, for 26 years. Bure recalled meeting her husband at 18 years old and she was struck by his \u201cmaturity\u201d and strong work ethic. Bure admitted that things at the beginning were \u201cnot easy\u201d as she switched from being a professional actor to a stay-at-home mom and \u201chockey wife\u201d for ten years. Yet, looking back, she stated she would do it all over again.<\/p>\n

In speaking about she and her husband\u2019s relationship after 26 years, she stated that they are still in love. \u201cIt\u2019s an important part of the relationship that we make time for one another, that we still love each other both physically, you know, spiritually, mentally, all of the things. It all comes hand in hand,\u201d she said. \u201cSex obviously is important,\u201d and that \u201csex within marriage gets such a bad rap,\u201d she said, also noting the common trope that long-term marriages become sexless. Bure stated that \u201csex is a gift from God to be within the constraints of marriage and that it is to be celebrated and a huge part of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to talk about my sex life, but I do think it is important to share what a healthy sex life within marriage can be just in saying like that that\u2019s important,\u201d she said. Bure had previously defended herself in 2020 from criticism when she posted a picture of herself and her husband on social media with her husband\u2019s hand over her breast. After being criticized<\/a> as the image being \u201cinappropriate\u201d by Christian social media users, Bure asserted on Instagram, \u201cFor all you Christians that are questioning my post with my husband\u2019s hand on my boob, my husband of 24 years, thinking it was inappropriate, it makes me laugh because it\u2019s my husband. We have so much fun together. He can touch me anytime he wants and I hope he does. This is what a healthy, good marriage and relationship is all about so I\u2019m sorry if it offended you.\u201d She later added that she was, \u201cactually not sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The situation illustrated the struggle Christians have in how to address sex<\/a>. \u201cMarriage After God,\u201d a podcast by Aaron and Jennifer Smith, authors of Marriage After God: Chasing Boldly After God\u2019s Purpose For Your Life Together<\/em>, addressed the issue in their blog. \u201cSomewhere among the Christian culture, it has been drilled into our hearts and our minds that it is not appropriate to talk about sex. Perhaps it was or wasn\u2019t an intentional agenda to squash the word sex out of the Christian vocabulary, but in my experience, it has happened and I am not the only one who has noticed,\u201d they wrote. They also stressed the importance of discussing intimacy in a Biblical, married setting because, \u201cIf Christians do not speak up about God\u2019s great design of sex and intimacy in marriage, those who hear the very loud conversation going on will only hear the world\u2019s point of view.\u00a0 We need to step into the arena and share the good news about sex, the truth about sex.\u201d<\/p>\n

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