Home improvement reality TV star Chip Gaines has been forced to defend his latest television series, which features a same-sex couple, saying it is consistent with the Christian commandment to “love one another.”
According to reports, Jason and Joe Hanna-Riggs appeared on the series along with their two children.
Best known for hosting the home improvement reality TV show “Fixer Upper,” Chip and Joanna Gaines have been outspoken about their Christian faith over the years.
From The Christian Post:
“Back to the Frontier,” a new series from executive producers Chip and Joanna Gaines, which premiered on Thursday on the couple’s Magnolia Network, features a gay couple as one of three couples living as homesteaders did in the 1800s, without access to running water or electricity.
“Talk, ask [questions,] listen.. maybe even learn. Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never. 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,” Gaines wrote.
Gaines’ response led to further interactions between him and social media users, with one X user describing herself as “extremely sad” that the show features a same-sex couple. Gaines replied to the post, lamenting that “‘Christians’ have certainly come out in full force as if they do know. … ‘Judge not….’ ‘Love one another’ it’s not difficult.”
Maybe you should endeavor to understand the basic moral teachings of your own alleged religion before you give lectures to other people about their lack of understanding
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 13, 2025
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ new show on their Magnolia Network spotlights a same-sex couple and their two sons, drawing concern from Christians who expected the network to uphold biblical values.
“This is sad and disappointing, because Chip and Joanna Gaines have been very… pic.twitter.com/LKMupgB6o3
— American Family Association (@AmericanFamAssc) July 11, 2025
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