Franklin Graham

=== North Carolina Amendment 1 ===
Graham supported [[North Carolina Amendment 1]], which was passed by a voter referendum on May 8, 2012, prohibiting [[same-sex marriage]] and all domestic partnerships.<ref>WXII12.com: [http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/north-carolina/Franklin-Graham-backing-N-C-marriage-amendment/-/10622650/12179220/-/yxjytm/-/index.html Franklin Graham backing N.C. marriage amendment.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030244/http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/north-carolina/Franklin-Graham-backing-N-C-marriage-amendment/-/10622650/12179220/-/yxjytm/-/index.html |date=December 3, 2013 }} April 28, 2012.</ref> Graham responded to Obama's May 9, 2012, statement of support for same-sex marriage, saying, "President Obama has, in my view, shaken his fist at the same God who created and defined marriage. It grieves me that our president would now affirm same-sex marriage, though I believe it grieves God even more."<ref>Billy Graham Evangelistic Organization: [http://www.billygraham.org/articlepage.asp?articleid=8673 Franklin Graham Response to the President's Support of Same-Sex Marriage.] May 10, 2012.</ref>

In December 2017, several British [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|MPs]] urged the [[Home Secretary]] to consider refusing UK entry to Graham from speaking at an event due to take place in [[Blackpool]] in September 2018. As Graham represents the evangelical community, critics argued that those who want to ban Graham which means that individuals who have different opinions of [[LGBT rights]] would be banned in the UK. [[Gordon Marsden]], an [[openly gay]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP suggested that Graham's comments may have contravened British laws on hate speech. As of February 2018, a petition against Graham being granted a visa had gathered more than 7,500 signatures. The pastor of Liberty Church in Blackpool, who organized the petition, said: "As a Christian and as a leader of a church that particularly welcomes LGBT people, I'm horrified that other local churches are inviting someone with this record of hate speech." The pastor said that Graham's visit had triggered an "enormous amount of protest from Christians in the north-west" of England, and his presence would be "extremely destructive in the area".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/us-evangelical-preacher-franklin-graham-uk-critics|title=US evangelical preacher should be banned from entering UK, critics say|last=Sherwood|first=Harriet|date=December 7, 2017|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>
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