Kirk Cameron, who knows he is "infamous and notorious in some circles," tells AFN he loves California but is happy to be around like-minded people in a state that is "exalting the values of faith and family and freedom."
"Pound for pound, California probably has more to offer than any other state in the union," he notes. "We've got snow-peaked mountains … beautiful beaches … weather with no humidity, no bugs, [and] agricultural farmland. We just have terrible politics."
So, his family has joined a "flood of talent" in making a "strategic retreat to a state where the governor has set aside the month of July for a time of prayer and fasting … to ask God for His hand of mercy to be upon us so that we can learn how to build community around faith and family and freedom."
Cameron says he has not left California permanently; he plans to take those values back to the West Coast, where crime and abortion are rampant, and the economy is as terrible as the politics. But for now, he and his wife are glad to have their three younger children near their three grown children and friends who already live in Tennessee.
As far as his work, he says Nashville has become the "Hollywood of the South," a hub for Christian projects like his new children's TV show, "Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk."
"This is what we're heralding as our generation's version of Mr. Rogers," Cameron has said. "We need Mr. Rogers more than ever."
