Editor's note - No news briefs on Friday because of a personal issue.
I hate the fact that the Huffington Post beat me to the punch on this because I witnessed the occurrence as it took place. Still, it's nice to point out.
Anti-LGBTQ pastor and Donald Trump supporter Franklin Graham took it upon himself to scold presidential candidate Pete Buttigief about his sexual orientation in a series of posts like so:
I hate the fact that the Huffington Post beat me to the punch on this because I witnessed the occurrence as it took place. Still, it's nice to point out.
Anti-LGBTQ pastor and Donald Trump supporter Franklin Graham took it upon himself to scold presidential candidate Pete Buttigief about his sexual orientation in a series of posts like so:
Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian. As a Christian I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman—not two men, not two women. 2/3— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 2019
Usually when Franklin tweets something, particularly about current events (and taking an anti-LGBTQ point of view), the retweets are mostly "amens" and sycophantic agreements. Not this time. Franklin got twitter spanked so badly that he was reduced to meekly posting other Biblical verses. Some of the responses he received from the Buttigieg tweets are as follows:
You epitomize one of Jesus' disciples.— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) April 25, 2019
Unfortunately—it's Judas.
No, man. You were reading BREITBART, not the BIBLE.— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) April 25, 2019
Easy to mix up. They both start with B.
Read the Jefferson Bible. With scissors and paste he took only the words of Jesus-.ignoring the rest. Jesus did not have a word of condemnation for gay people. Surely you can find better things to do than hating on us, while pandering to Trump.— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) April 25, 2019
Wake me up when Franklin Graham calls on Donald Trump to repent for being a serial sexual-assaulter and cheater. https://t.co/ubUNHUbXvM— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) April 25, 2019
Franklin Graham is not just a false prophet; he’s a sorry excuse for a person who claims to follow Christ.— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) April 25, 2019
This is not of Christ. This is of a cynical callousness toward everything Christ preached.
My queer identity is inextricable from my Christianity. This is how God made me. https://t.co/PIO2hcVmHk
I'm not God, but I know a heart filled with kindness and love will find favor in the sight of God, regardless whom they chose to share affection with. But a deceptive soul and those who condone them with be condemned. People like you sir, are the reason there's hate in the world— I dig deep, lightly (@TrueSatire) April 24, 2019
Needless to say that others were, shall we say, less polite. But you can click on Graham's tweet and read the responses for yourself.
