Following controversial comments about homosexuality made by former teen idol and Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron last month, a group of fellow child actors from the '80s and '90s got together and made a video mocking Cameron and his conservative views for the website Funny or Die. Cameron made several anti-gay comments while on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight in early March, calling homosexuality "unnatural" and adding that "it's detrimental and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization."
The fake PSA features formerly famous, now forgotten kid actors such as Josie Davis (Charles in Charge), Jeremy Licht (The Hogan Family), Maureen Flannigan (Out of This World), and Christine Lakin (Step By Step) all grown up and acting as spokespersons for the fictitious organization Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron, or CCOKC (yes, pronounced like cock). In the video, the actors say they're hoping to raise awareness of "a serious threat to our civil rights: Kirk Cameron's stupid opinions."
This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2012.