Billy Graham dies at 99

Nrdsb4
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:48:59 +0000

Billy Graham didn’t feel that his LGBT views were a mistake or an imperfection. They were part of his core message, part of what he saw as his mission in the world. As such they would fall into what he would see as the “good things he has contributed in life”. Despite his failure to halt the progress of gay rights, he can’t possibly object to any acknowledgements that he tried his damndest.

And when the US gov’t gives him a place of honor as to lying in state or whatever they call it, it is implicit endorsement of Christianity (as I don’t recall them bestowing this honor on any Jewish rabbis or leaders of any other religion), making it a violation of the principal of separation of Church and State, at least in spirit. Not only that, due to the anti-Semitism BG verbalized when he didn’t think anyone would ever hear it, and how strongly he worked (even in his later years) to “halt the progress of gay rights,” it has the appearance of tacit approval of Graham’s POV by our current government leaders, no matter their party affiliation or actual intentions.

Given all that, I can totally understand why millions upon millions would be loathe to refer to or honor this man as “America’s Pastor.”