Danica McKellar Becomes A Bible-Believing Christian After Leaving California

[Shaka Zulu]

From her days on the hit TV show The Wonder Years, to her work on the Hallmark Channel, to her four-season outing as the voice of Miss Martian in Young Justice, actress Danica McKellar has been a known figure in Hollywood for quite some time.

A few years ago, McKellar was one of the many actresses who jumped ship from The Hallmark Channel to Great American Family after George Zaralidis, the vice president of network programming for the former’s parent company Crown Media Family Networks, made ‘diversity and inclusion’ a top priority for the network and began shifting their programming to please the LGBTQ lobby.

Recounting her journeys both out of California and into her Christian faith to GAC, McKellar began her story by recalling how, “My husband and I have been wanting more nature for a long time, we were kind of ready to not be in a city anymore.”

‘Young Justice’ Star Danica McKellar Becomes A Bible-Believing Christian After Leaving California: “It Just Hit Me, Everything Hit Me”

This screams to me of getting roped into Christian fundamentalism, then jumping ship from one channel to the other because of LGBT content being introduced on the former channel. Anybody agree with me, or disagree?

 

[Aragorn]

Her husband posted on this board many years ago. You should ask him.

 

[UssGlenn]

Her husband posted on this board many years ago. You should ask him.

If you are talking about Mike Verta, they have been divorced for ages.

Anyway, I think I remember from Instagram that Candice Cameron was responsible for her newfound faith.

 

[Oddish]

I remember when, some years ago, Bob Barker left the Miss Universe pageant because they started giving out fur coats as prizes. In other words, he was true to his convictions. And Ms. McKellar has the right to be true to hers as well.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

This is just another instance of the age-old dichotomy of art vs artist. I love Miss Martian, and I love the performance. I don't know the performer, and almost certainly I never will. Her personal life has essentially no bearing on mine.

 

[Tosk]

It's funny how age changes your perspective. When I was a kid, I thought that Becky Slater was a bitch. When I rewatched it I saw that Becky was fine, it was actually Kevin Arnold that was the bitch all along.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I had seen an earlier article where Danica mentioned that Candice Cameron had given her a Bible, and I kind of suspected this was the direction she was being pulled in. Whatever. The movies on GAC are so genuinely awful that they make the Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas look like a three-month-long parade of Oscar bait. I guess making shittier TV movies is a small price to pay so you can be insulated from LGBTQ folks.

 

[the G-man]

Speaking as a committed atheist: I see it's time for "let's be bigoted against religion as long as it's THAT religion" again.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

In an industry that continues to promote Occultism, LGBTQ, Satanism, and racial division, McKellar is one of the few actors still willing to share a Bible believing Christian worldview in the face of such intense opposition.

There's a lot to unpack in that sentence.

 

[Owain Taggart]

This is just another instance of the age-old dichotomy of art vs artist. I love Miss Martian, and I love the performance. I don't know the performer, and almost certainly I never will. Her personal life has essentially no bearing on mine.

Yes, this. We think we know them, but we truly don't. Their life, their choice. If they feel a connection with something, then who am I to judge.

 

[UssGlenn]

I didn't realize until just now that Candace and Kirk Cameron were siblings.

 

[Tosk]

Speaking as a committed atheist: I see it's time for "let's be bigoted against religion as long as it's THAT religion" again.

Or one particular religion is being brought up because it's the topic at hand. For instance, no one is talking about Scientology in this thread because she isn't in it.

 

[the G-man]

Or one particular religion is being brought up because it's the topic at hand. For instance, no one is talking about Scientology in this thread because she isn't in it.

It's "the topic at hand" only because someone decided to start a thread on nothing BUT someone's religion. One might as well start a thread called "Greenbook actor Mahershala Ali coverted to Islam" or "Hey, did you know Natalie Portman is Jewish?"

 

[cardinal biggles]

Except that Mahershala Ali converted before his career took off, so he's been Muslim for longer than he's been a public figure, and Portman has always been Jewish. This is about a (B-list) celebrity's new religious belief making her decide to change who she works for and what projects she'll work on, and the fact that she's jumped to a network whose programming is a conservative reaction to a rival channel's sappy, formulaic, family-friendly TV movies becoming more inclusive. Because God forbid we should include folks who are different.

 

[Tosk]

One might as well start a thread called "Greenbook actor Mahershala Ali coverted to Islam" or "Hey, did you know Natalie Portman is Jewish?"

No one's stopping you.

Is Christianity so fragile that there can't be a thread about an actor converting? I don't even see any particularly scathing words about it so far.

 

[Oddish]

Is Christianity so fragile that there can't be a thread about an actor converting? I don't even see any particularly scathing words about it so far.

And hopefully there won't be. I read the article, and I didn't see any explicit opposition to LGBTQ in anything Ms. McKellar was quoted as saying. And remember, some Christian denominations were affirming same-sex couples and even performing commitment ceremonies for them before any state was permitting same-sex marriage. "Christian" is not a synonym for "homophobic", any more than "Muslim" is a synonym for "terrorist".

 

[Forbin]

Luckily (as a committed agnostic*) all I care about is I have some affection for her because of her role as Winnie, the cute girl next door, in a show I liked.

*Yes, I know that's an oxymoron.

 

[Tosk]

And hopefully there won't be.

I could rustle some up if anyone feels the need to be perceived as persecuted, or to portray as others as persecuted. But I'll only do it for those two things...otherwise it's too much effort.

 

[BillJ]

Good for her?

 

[Oddish]

I could rustle some up if anyone feels the need to be perceived as persecuted, or to portray as others as persecuted. But I'll only do it for those two things...otherwise it's too much effort.

When I see lions, I will feel persecuted.