<p id=”par-1_28″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/joanna-gaines-planning-special-celebration-chip-gaines-50th-birthday-insider-reveals.html/”>Chip Gaines</a> had some choice words for people who can’t handle that he and his wife, Joanna Gaines, have included a gay couple in <a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/magnolia-network”>Magnolia Network</a>’s newest show. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-chip-gaines-criticizes-christians-who-judge-first-understand-later-never”>Chip Gaines criticizes Christians who ‘judge first, understand later/never’</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_56″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/chip-joanna-gaines-new-show-rip-off-frontier-house.html/”><em>Back to the Frontier</em></a><em> </em>follows three families as they abandon modern conveniences and try to live like 19th century pioneers. The cast includes married couple Jason Riggs and Joe Hanna and their twin sons. The presence of the Riggs-Hanna family in the show attracted the attention of evangelical leader (and son of Billy Graham) Franklin Graham.</p>
<p id=”par-3_57″>“I read today that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/joanna-gaines-shows-off-vacation-chip-gaines-settles-defamation-lawsuit.html/”>Chip and Joanna Gaines</a> are featuring a gay couple in their new series,” Graham wrote in a July 13 post on <a href=”https://x.com/Franklin_Graham/status/1944182299630645553″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>X</a>. “If It is true, it is very disappointing … “[God’s] design for marriage is between one man and one woman. Promoting something that God defines as sin is in itself sin.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_11″>Chip responded to Graham’s criticism with his own post on <a href=”https://x.com/chipgaines/status/1944344464215957561?cursor=SQAAAPA6HBl26sSz4dSp3fs1-IDa-Y7Jivw18oS1sZzxh_w10IK3meei5Ps1yoK9qYff4_s1goLXyf6G1P41_MSxme_q2_s1JQISFQQAAA#r” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>X</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-5_25″>“Talk, ask qustns, listen.. maybe even learn,” the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/4-fixer-upper-fails-that-chip-joanna-gaines-never-wanted-fans-see.html/”><em>Fixer Upper</em></a><em> </em>star wrote. “Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_26″>“It’s a sad sunday when ‘non believers’ have never been confronted with hate or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian,” he added. </p>
<p id=”par-7_65″>Gaines words didn’t seem to mollify his critics, many of whom responded by telling him that he was abandoning his anti-LGTBQ audience by exposing them to a same-sex couple. Negative and hateful comments flooded both his and Joanna’s Instagram, as well as posts related to the show on the Magnolia Network Instagram account. However, a number of comments also praised the pair for embracing inclusivity. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-back-to-the-frontier-cast-members-say-visibility-matters”>‘Back to the Frontier’ cast members say ‘visibility matters’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-8_31″>Hanna and Riggs haven’t directly addressed the <em>Back to the Frontier </em>controversy. However, both thanked Chip and Joanna “for leading with love, listening, and learning,” in posts on their <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/2_dallas_dads/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a> Story.</p>
<p id=”par-9_16″>In another <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/2_dallas_dads/p/DL-6OtiuKtq/?hl=en&img_index=1″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>social media</a> post, the pair said they had a positive experience filming the show. </p>
<p id=”par-10_40″>“We are extremely honored to be one of the three modern day families going #BacktotheFrontier because visibility matters and so important,” they wrote. “Thank you @magnolianetwork @hbomax @chipgaines @joannagaines for this incredible journey and experience and these forever lasting memories!”</p>
<p id=”par-11_66″>“We’re super honored that, when they were choosing three modern-day families, they did choose the same size couple as a modern-day family—because we are; we’re your neighbors, and your coworkers,” Hanna told <a href=”https://www.queerty.com/these-dads-fought-to-be-legally-recognized-as-parents-now-theyre-blazing-new-trails-on-back-to-the-frontier-20250711/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Queerty</a> of why they wanted to do the show. “And so it was this amazing opportunity to [continue to] normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families. So that was one of the initial main drivers.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_9″><em>Back to the Frontier </em>is streaming on HBO Max. </p>
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