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Kirk Cameron appeared on The Today Show Tuesday and discussed the recent controversy surrounding his anti-gay views … as well as his new movie.

The former Growing Pains star says he’s surprised at the reaction to his interview on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, while insisting he meant no harm.

Asked if he’s guilty of hate speech, Cameron reiterated his past defense of his comments, saying, “Absolutely not. I love all people. I hate no one.”

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Cameron said that he, too, was being bullied by destructive speech in this case, and debate over social issues shouldn’t be reduced to sound bites.

“I was surprised, frankly, that people were surprised by the things that I’ve said,” he explained. “I have been consistent for 15 years as a Christian.”

“I’m a Bible-believing Christian. What I would have thought was more newsworthy is if I had said something that contradicted my own faith.”

“When you take a subject and reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite or a check mark on a ballot, I think that that’s inappropriate.”

“To edit it down to that, it certainly didn’t reflect my full heart on the matter.”

 
Curry asked Cameron if he felt his remarks could encourage some people to bully gays. “Nobody should mistreat anybody,” he insisted.

“We all have our convictions formed by different things. Mine are informed by my faith. They’re formed by the word of God, and I found that to be an anchor for me.”

“When people start bullying one another and calling each other names for those different convictions, then I think you get into problems.”

Cameron appeared on Today to promote his new movie, Monumental, a search for the soul of America in which he stars and co-produces.