Every state in America is in for a treat in 2016, because Reverend Franklin Graham is burrowing through each and every one of them as part of his “Decision America” tour; something to do with inspiring his followers to “live out their faith” in the upcoming elections and all that.
Oozing through Atlanta this week, Graham talked about the dire need for Christian conservatives to vote — and to run for office.
The way he sees it, if every city in America had a Christian mayor, the country would no longer have any “evil” and “wicked” policies like those pernicious LGBTQ nondiscrimination measures.
“Can you imagine the impact if every community and every city across this great land of ours was run by Christian men and women in that office as mayor…? The difference that that would make in our cities, if we had Christian mayors…?”
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To cite an example Graham brought up Charlotte, North Carolina, where he claims “90 percent of Christians” failed to vote, allowing a candidate who supports LGBTQ rights to be elected.
“And we got a woman and her goal is the gay-lesbian agenda,” he said, “trying to get transgenders into the bathrooms so that if a person wakes up in the morning and they feel like they’re a woman that’s a man and he wants to go into a ladies’ restroom then they can do that. And that’s her goal. And I can tell you right now that that’s wicked and that’s evil. Men belong in men’s bathrooms and women belong in women’s bathrooms and we don’t need men and predators going into women’s bathrooms, I’m just telling you.”
“Now, that’s what happens when Christians don’t vote. That’s what we get, this is the kind of garbage we get.”
Watch the lunatic’s speech below.
H/t: LGBTQ Nation
avesraggiana
Oh, DADDY….I’d blow him under that podium any day. He’d probably like it too.
Steve Davies
Judge not lest ye be judged. â??Matthew 7:1
John Malin
And Franklin Graham should be run off the face of the earth!
Realitycheck
Poor poor Frank, and who is going to vote for these so called conservative christians politicians? Most people would applaude if you were set on fire for Chinese new year BOOM! LOL
America has changed and no one cares about your imaginary doctrine and invisible ghost cosmic daddy.
Go sell crazy some where else!!!
Martin Talbot
We have a secular democracy because of abusive theocracy practices ! LOL
Stefano
Where is my favorite rabid dog?
SteveDenver
Useless religious prince has never had a job and keeps pushing religion into government — ironic considering his tax-exempt existence.
kevininbuffalo
It’s because of bullshit like this that Thomas Jefferson wanted a wall of separation between church and state. Frankie Graham is a failed gospel preacher. I remember years back he preached in my area and the radio ads for it offered free pizza and pop. Whether or not you liked his daddy, Billy never had to offer stuff to get people to come hear him. So when the gospel preaching failed he went political. No doubt “Decision America” is another money making scheme and I’m sure the rubes will cough it up. I used to be active in churches and found that the clergy as a class are pretty dam useless. On the rare occasions when I go to “church” today I go to a unprogramed Quaker meeting. They’re liberal, tolerant of different beliefs and they don’t have clergy!
CWM85
I hate these nasty, bigoted Christian conservatives. What’s the difference between them and the ultra anti gay Muslims? Isn’t this in direct violation of politics and churches involvement? His tax exemption status.
Berkleyguy
He’s a hateful, bigoted idiot. He’s the one who is EVIL and needs to be stamped out
gaybygod
To me, there are true Christians, who follow Jesus. Compassionate, tolerant, caring and healing. Then there are the pseudo Christians, who believe they are above non-Christians, like Graham. They preach, condem, discriminate, point fingers, and promote crucifixion against those born different fron themselves. They are the Hitlers in sheep’s clothing. In the end, WHAT ONE SOWS, SO SHALL THEY REAP. This ignorant man has targeted LGBT people, and sowed hate, fear and anger towards them. Not a Christian.
woodroad34
Real Christians wouldn’t run to oppose Gays, but bigoted faux, lying, hateful, religionist “christians” would — because they have nothing in their hearts and they suffer from theocratic Asbergers syndrome.
Jim Tatman
Trying to disguise his hate under the cloak of Christianity. I’m sure Jesus would not approve!
maxpsfund
Religion and it’s followers are the root of all evil!
BigWill
The best part of Frank ran down his daddy’s leg.
Brian JC Kneeland
Let’s stop trying to make a state sponsored religion!
crowebobby
And who will become the Ayatollah, Frankie? Let us guess.
Kangol
Frankie, come out of the closet and leave your hood behind, girl!
Captain proton
Scalia is gone! long live the liberal Supreme court
Susan Denison
Just listened to him on live feed here in Oregon. Got to hand it to him, he talked a total wack- job out of killing himself and into FBI custody. After a 42 day “occupation” of wack-job “patriots” on the Maheur Refuge, I have to say I am relieved. Only the biggest wack-job of them all could have done this for our state.”Coming soon to a state near you.” Can’t say I am sad to see him go.
Kevin J Desmond
He’s pure EVIL !!!!
Shadeaux
Well, my gay family, TIME FOR US TO RUN FOR MAYOR!
ChutneyGray
I find it laughable that these conservatives that hoot on about their right to have their religious views instilled into the laws of this nation in direct defiance of the wishes of our founding fathers and the cleverly written documents that have endured assaults such as these for the last couple of hundred years.
University of Chicago/ the Founders’ Constitution
Amendment 1 (Religion) Document 53 paragraph 9 by Daniel Carroll:
“Mr. Madison said, he apprehended the meaning of the words to be, that Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience. Whether the words are necessary or not, he did not mean to say, but they had been required by some of the State Conventions, who seemed to entertain an opinion that under the clause of the Constitution, which gave power to Congress to make all laws necessary and proper to carry into execution the Constitution, and the laws made under it, enabled them to make laws of such a nature as might infringe the rights of conscience and establish a national religion; to prevent these effects he presumed the amendment was intended, and he thought it as well expressed as the nature of the language would admit.”
Luis H. Lopez
Well they have a right to run for office so do we gaymen , that said if you deny us justice equality and dignity we have a right to remove you from power . Expect us !
martinbakman
I couldn’t think of her name so I Googled “orange juice b!tch from florida”
So yeah, back in the day Anita Bryant took her husband on the road across America raising money for her ministry in the name of protecting the children from gay rights.
‘Tis the season for raising money. This Graham dude is just a speck compared to his dad had, but he’ll try. Green is green.
James Johnston
FOOLS
Daniel-Reader
Has he given back the money he’s made off religion? What a merchant.
Donald Dork
These guys will never admit it but their ultimate goal is for us all to live in an “Islamic republic” style christian state, where the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are nothing more than yellowed paper.
Claude Peterson
another homophobe , they are millions in USA ?…
Jimmy McKinney
Please, someone throat punch him
Kim Garvin
Ah go have an affair!
Jerry12
Early man invented “GODS” out of fear of the unknown. Thunder; Lightning; Rain; snow; ETC had to be the work of “GODS”. Then, other MEN discovered that they could control MEN by claiming that GOD had tolled them how HE wanted them to behave.
Enter RELIGION!
gaym50ish
I hate to break it to itinerant preacher Franklin Graham, but having a Christian mayor in every city would mean a majority of them would still be in favor of gay rights. A clear majority of mainline Protestants and of Catholics now favor gay marriage, and most Christians no longer consider gays to be sinful.
Poor Frankie thinks that all Christians are united under evangelical principles. But, while evangelicals are a huge voting bloc, they represent only about 26 percent of American Christians, and most mainline Protestants do not share their views on gay-rights issues.
Transiteer
1. Revoke Tax Exemptions for Churches (especially his) but ALL of them. The profit takers will soon move onto something else.
2. Pass Federal Legislation (with teeth) on ‘hate speech’, and ‘hate crime’. Calling other people names and rousing the stupid to act against them is hate speech and provokes violence. Make both illegal. Probably #1 will get rid of most of these.
3. Start talking of ‘Secularism’ being the protector of religious freedoms and not the threat. Because it IS the protector of religious freedoms. It is the THEOCRACY that the Christian Right-Wing-Nuts want to establish – either at the polls or in the courts – that are the threat to the Nation’s Constitution, to Equality before the Law, and Impartiality in the Courts. The neo-nazi Christians are their own worst enemy of course as more people become ex-christian every day with a multitude of good reasons. Atheism and Buddhism are the two fastest growing “religions”. For good reasons.
4. Marjo Gortner said that evangelists regarded themselves as “entertainment” – and that’s all they really are. Only with thanks to Reagan, they had and still want political clout to beat on others. Not very ‘christian’ is it?
o.codone
@Transiteer: I am roaring with laughter about number 2 above. You said:
“Pass Federal Legislation (with teeth) on ‘hate speech’, and ‘hate crime’. Calling other people names and rousing the stupid to act against them is hate speech and provokes violence. Make both illegal”.
If a law such as this was ever passed many of the people who post comments on Queerty would go to jail. Find me a story on this site that doesn’t name call or incite anti-christian hatred or criticism. Gays are the biggest name-callers on the planet. (yeah, I know, I just called gays name callers).
Billysees
Good and interesting comments I found —
1. Poor Frankie thinks that all Christians are united under evangelical principles. But, while evangelicals are a huge voting bloc, they represent only about 26 percent of American Christians, and most mainline Protestants do not share their views on gay-rights issues.
2. Judge not lest ye be judged…..Matthew 7:1 [very important but ignored by many conservatives because it forces them say nothing abusive about others and they don’t want such limitations]
3. We have a secular democracy because of abusive theocracy practices. [thank God for the secular I say]
4. No doubt “Decision America” is another money making scheme and I’m sure the rubes will cough it up. [many famous people know they can take in a boodle by putting their name to it]
5. What’s the difference between them [nasty bigoted Christian conservatives] and the ultra anti gay Muslims? [good question]
6. These guys will never admit it but their ultimate goal is for us all to live in an “Islamic republic” style christian state, where the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are nothing more than yellowed paper.
7. ‘Tis the season for raising money.
8. Pass Federal Legislation (with teeth) on ‘hate speech’, and ‘hate crime’. Calling other people names and rousing the stupid to act against them is hate speech and provokes violence. Make both illegal. [Better to live in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman, that is always brawling and scolding, ever in a quarrelsome and angry disposition, and provoking to anger all about her……..Proverbs 21:19. Just exchange ‘woman’ with ‘Mr. Graham’ and ‘her’ with ‘him’ and that verse will make good sense.
As the old Irish blessing says —
“May those who love us, love us; and those who don’t, may God turn their hearts, and if He can’t turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we’ll know them by their limping.”
Mr. Graham should be limping for sure.
Billysees
I forgot an important one —
9. Start talking of ‘Secularism’ being the protector of religious freedoms and not the threat. Because it IS the protector of religious freedoms.
Stefano
@Billysees: You violate your second statement with your comment :s the old Irish blessing says —
“May those who love us, love us; and those who don’t, may God turn their hearts, and if He can’t turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we’ll know them by their limping.”
Mr. Graham should be limping for sure.”
Loll
Billysees
@Stefano:
Some things are worth violating in order to make an important point.