Evangelist Franklin Graham, an outspoken supporter of President Trump, today slammed 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for calling himself a “gay christian,” saying that the Bible defines homosexuality as something to be repentant of.
“Buttigieg is right—God doesn’t have a political party,” Graham tweeted. “But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by. God doesn’t change. His Word is the same yesterday, today & forever.”
Presidential candidate & South Bend Mayor @PeteButtigieg is right—God doesn’t have a political party. But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by. God doesn’t change. His Word is the same yesterday, today & forever. 1/3 https://t.co/QHDNY3pwzJ
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 2019
Graham, the son of legendary preacher Billy Graham, added in a separate tweet that “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.”
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
The core of the Christian faith is believing and following Jesus Christ, who God sent to be the Savior of the world—to save us from sin, to save us from hell, to save us from eternal damnation. 3/3
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 2019
In a CNN town hall Tuesday, Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, said, “I get that one of the things about Scripture is different people see different things in it. At the very least we should be able to establish that God does not have a political party.”
Pete Buttigieg: "God doesn't have a political party" #ButtigiegTownHall https://t.co/ZtHv3ild4k pic.twitter.com/lrvy12zXG2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 23, 2019
In what some have pointed out as blatant hypocrisy, Graham has repeatedly defended Trump, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct and has previously bragged about his extramarital affairs.
A deluge of women made their accusations against Trump public following the October 2016 release of the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which Trump was recorded boasting about grabbing women’s genitals in 2005.
In the tape, Trump boasts that it’s easy for him to have sex with married women, and how he likes to grab women “by the pussy.”
Porn actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal have both stated they’d had affairs with Trump.
Graham has quickly dismissed Trump’s lack of character calling it “in the past.”
In 2015, Graham also pulled his $128 million account for The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association out of Wells Fargo bank because it ran an advertisement featuring a lesbian couple.