Back to the Frontier, which premiered on July 10, follows three families, including Hanna and Riggs, as they attempt to live like 19th-century homesteaders. Speaking to LGBTQ+ outlet Queerty, Hanna also called the experience “a great, amazing opportunity to normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families.”

Conservative Christians have called for the Gaineses to 'repent' after having a gay couple on their new show. The pattern is nothing new.

Magnolia founders Chip and Joanna Gaines enjoyed date night amid backlash from evangelicals for casting a gay couple.