{"id":7509,"date":"2024-07-16T13:39:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=7509"},"modified":"2024-07-16T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:39:17","slug":"kirk-cameron-says-he-didnt-feel-safe-in-california-and-moved-his-family-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2024\/07\/kirk-cameron-says-he-didnt-feel-safe-in-california-and-moved-his-family-to-tennessee.html","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cameron Says He &#8216;Didn&#8217;t Feel Safe&#8217; in California and Moved His Family to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7515\" style=\"width: 992px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7515\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2024\/07\/kirk-cameron-leave-california-credit-kirk-cameron-ontbn-youtube.png\" alt=\"kirk cameron\" width=\"992\" height=\"604\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirk Cameron on TBN\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actor Kirk Cameron recently announced that he\u2019s fled California for Tennessee. The \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d star said his choice to abandon the West Coast was sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and solidified by the cultural and political disunity present across California. He told the <em>Washington Examiner, <\/em>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that California has been moving in a particular direction for a long time.\u201d Cameron also took to his Facebook account to discuss his move to Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>He joked that the policies in California are making state Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) the \u201cU-Haul employee of the year\u201d as many are choosing to leave the Pacific Coast and head to other states. He said, \u201cAs Pastor Jack Hibbs has reminded us, we can all be Tennesseeans and join in on the parade of praise and of repentance, fasting, and prayer, asking God to have His hand of mercy on your state \u2014 whether that\u2019s California or New York or New Hampshire or Minnesota or South Dakota, wherever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fkirkcameron%2Fvideos%2F687868663522208%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cameron said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/kirk-cameron-leaves-california\">a separate interview<\/a>\u00a0that he discovered Tennessee had become a haven for \u201ca lot of California refugees,\u201d including many \u201ccreatives\u201d looking for a new place outside of Hollywood to establish community. \u201cIt\u2019s shocking how many Californians are here,\u201d he reflected. \u201cAnd when I see them in the grocery store, I tell them, \u2018Don\u2019t California our Tennessee.&#8217;\u201d Cameron\u2019s sister, Candace Cameron Bure, is also now living in Tennessee. She left California because she did not feel safe living in the Golden State anymore and was much happier in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>She said of her peace in Tennessee, \u201cIt\u2019s because I\u2019m not on guard. I\u2019m with a lot of like-minded people. It\u2019s not about the celebrities. It\u2019s really about the music and the heart of the conversation.\u201d Cameron, for his part, encouraged Californians who have experienced \u201cserious economic problems and division\u201d to consider relocating to the Volunteer State, where people value \u201cGod, family, and country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Kirk Cameron recently announced that he\u2019s fled California for Tennessee. The \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d star said his choice to abandon the West Coast was sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and solidified by the cultural and political disunity present across California. He told the Washington Examiner, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear that California has been moving in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":7515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,23],"tags":[786,789],"class_list":["post-7509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-relationships","tag-kirk-cameron","tag-leaving-california"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kirk Cameron Says He &#039;Didn&#039;t Feel Safe&#039; in California and Moved His Family to Tennessee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d star said his choice to abandon the West Coast was sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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