Fixer Upper's Chip and Joanna Gaines try to separate themselves from anti-LGBT furor

Chip and Joanna Gaines are looking to keep things positive in the new year. Chip, who stars with his beautiful wife on the HGTV home improvement reality show Fixer Upper, made clear that tolerance is a sacred virtue in his household in a new post on his blog Magnolia, just more than five weeks after a Buzzfeed report revealed the couple's Waco, Texas church is led by a pastor who said 'homosexuality is a sin.' United we stand: Chip Gaines, 42, seen here with wife Joanna, 38, stressed acceptance and understanding in a blog post about five weeks after the HGTV stars were embroiled in an anti-LGBT controversy linked to their pastor's views. Controversy: Family pastor Jimmy Seibert declared that 'Homosexuality is a sin' in a sermon On the record: Seibert, in sermons such as the one above, has left little doubt as to where he stands on the issue of same-sex marriage Seibert, later speaking with columnist Todd Starnes, expanded on his views on the topic, denying he's homophobic. Close ties: Seibert a family friend, presides over the Waco, Texas church the duo attends On the defense: Gaines took to Twitter after the article linking him to the pastor was published HGTV officials subsequently declared the network's tolerant beliefs in a subsequent statement, pointing to the channel's programming slate as proof.