Kirk Cameron is planning to look at one other library, solely this time he’s unlikely to run into any drag queens.

The Christian actor and writer is scheduled to learn his kids’s e book Saturday on the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, partnering with the Rev. Franklin Graham for 2 consecutive story-hour occasions.

Both occasions are already offered out.

Mr. Cameron has drawn overflow crowds throughout the nation narrating his Christian-themed e book “As You Grow” at public libraries that had beforehand sponsored Drag Queen Story Hours, which function males wearing outlandish feminine costumes studying to kids.

Mr. Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, applauded the previous teen star of ABC’s “Growing Pains” for countering the woke tradition along with his readings.

“Libraries used to be safe places for families, but many of them now seem to be agenda-driven places that welcome drag queens to hold story hours for children,” mentioned Mr. Graham. “This is just plain wrong, and I’m so glad Kirk Cameron has decided to tell a different story — a story with Biblical values.”

Brave Books, the writer of Mr. Cameron’s e book, mentioned it reached out final 12 months to greater than 50 public libraries to see whether or not they would sponsor a studying by the actor, however none did. The writer mentioned these libraries had hosted a drag-queen story hour.

“It’s a shame that some libraries and activists have tried to stop him,” Mr. Graham mentioned. “They want him to shut up and sit down, but Kirk isn’t afraid to take a stand for what’s right, and I couldn’t be more proud of him.”

Mr. Cameron mentioned he was honored to be invited to learn on the Billy Graham Library, named after the famed evangelist who died in 2018 at age 99. Franklin Graham is his son.

“Being invited to the Billy Graham Library to read my children’s book about Christian virtue is a high honor like being invited to the Library of Congress to teach others what it means to be a true American,” Mr. Cameron mentioned.

He mentioned that “Franklin Graham’s presence at this family gathering adds a significant spiritual weight and reminds us of a time in our not-so-distant past when America was more in step with the ‘Fruit of the Spirit.’ Together, we are praying for America’s spiritual and moral revival.”

We’re wanting ahead to having @KirkCameron at @TheBGLibrary this Saturday, May 13 for a kids’s e book studying and signing of “As You Grow”! Both e book readings are offered out however you'll be able to nonetheless make plans to return out for the e book signing. Visit https://t.co/sgvfSHaKmv for extra. pic.twitter.com/nLsXuP66tA

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) May 10, 2023

Mr. Cameron learn final month to enthusiastic crowds at public libraries in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Billy Graham Library look marks the eleventh cease on his Freedom Island Tour.

Brave Books usually has to hire out public rooms for Mr. Cameron to talk, regardless that many libraries sponsor Drag Queen Story Hour readings freed from cost.

Tickets to Mr. Cameron’s occasion on the Billy Graham Library are being offered for $22.99 plus tax. Each ticket permits as much as two adults to accompany two kids and features a signed copy of “As You Grow,” in keeping with the library. 

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