( EW.com ) -- Kirk Cameron wants us to all to know that he loves `` all people '' and hates `` no one . '' In fact , he 's not guilty of hate speech at all , the `` Growing Pains '' star said in an appearance on the `` Today '' show this morning . The devout Christian and father of six stopped by to talk about his new movie `` Monumental '' and try to put out the fire started by his recent controversial comments about homosexuality . `` When you take a subject and reduce it to a four-second sound bite and a checkmark on a ballot , I think that 's inappropriate and insensitive , '' he said of how he unintentionally ignited the controversy . In fact , Cameron stands by his comments and insists he 's not a bully . `` I was surprised , frankly , that people were surprised by the things that I 've said , '' Cameron told host Ann Curry . `` 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 the word of God , if I had contradicted my faith . '' When asked if his comments might encourage people to terrorize homosexuals , he responded , `` Nobody should mistreat anybody . We all have our convictions formed by different things and mine are informed by my faith . They 're formed by the word of God , and I found that to be an anchor for me , a compass , and a guide for me . When people start bullying one another and calling each other names for those different convictions , then I think you get into problems . '' See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Kirk Cameron stated on the ` ` Today '' show that he 's not guilty of hate speech . The ` ` Growing Pains '' star recently made controversial statements about him . Cameron : ` ` I was surprised , frankly , that people were surprised by the things that I ' ve said ''