Franklin Graham

=== Buttigieg tweets ===
After [[South Bend, Indiana]] [[mayor]] [[Pete Buttigieg]] became the first openly gay man to announce a run for the [[2020 Democratic National Convention|2020 Democratic nomination for President]] against President [[Donald Trump]], Graham attacked Buttigieg for his homosexuality and marriage to another gay man in April 2019, tweeting "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." The tweet was one of three in a thread.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/franklin-graham-attacks-pete-buttigieg-gay-repent/story?id=62625378|title=Franklin Graham attacks Pete Buttigieg for being gay, says he should repent|website=[[ABC News]]|language=en|access-date=May 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/1121070184922525701|title=Franklin Graham on Twitter: Mayor Buttigieg says he's a gay Christian.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440500-franklin-graham-rails-against-buttigieg-for-calling-himself-gay-christian|title=Franklin Graham rails against Buttigieg for calling himself 'gay Christian'|last=Wise|first=Justin|date=April 24, 2019|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/25/franklin-graham-pete-buttigieg-repent-gay/3583648002/|title=Franklin Graham calls on Pete Buttigieg to repent for the 'sin' of being gay|last=Shannon|first=Joel|publisher=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/837389/franklin-graham-says-pete-buttigieg-must-repent-being-gay|title=Franklin Graham says Pete Buttigieg must 'repent' for being gay|publisher=[[The Week]]}}</ref>

The tweet was met with a strong negative response against Graham, much of which condemned Graham as a hypocrite for selective criticism of a Democratic candidate's perceived wrongdoings while remaining silent on those perceived of the incumbent Republican. MSNBC host [[Joe Scarborough]] denounced Graham on his ''Morning Joe'' program, saying, "Just shut up Franklin Graham! You are a disgrace! You are a disgrace for normalizing Donald Trump's behavior."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2019/04/franklin-graham-pete-buttigieg/|title='Morning Joe' Blasts Hypocrite Franklin Graham for Calling on Pete Buttigieg to Repent for Being Gay: 'Just Shut Up. You Are a Disgrace' — WATCH|publisher=Towleroad|date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' columnist [[Jennifer Rubin (journalist)|Jennifer Rubin]] rebuked Graham as a "hypocritical bigot" who "has rationalized Trump's infidelity and racism, ignored his lies, cheered his inhumane immigration policy and behaved as a political hack rather than a religious leader," also writing "Buttigieg gets the benefit of being attacked by a right-winger whom progressives revile, gets to underscore a message of generational change and acceptance and gets to demonstrate what a class act he is. The other candidates must be wondering why some GOP hatemonger doesn't attack them."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/26/buttigiegs-enjoys-good-fortune-hypocritical-bigots-attack/?noredirect=on|title=Buttigieg enjoys the good fortune of a hypocritical bigot's attack|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=Jennifer Rubin|date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> Opinion pieces in the ''[[National Review]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/franklin-graham-and-the-high-cost-of-the-lost-evangelical-witness/|last=French|first=David|title=Franklin Graham and the High Cost of the Lost Evangelical Witness|publisher=[[National Review]]}}</ref> ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article229665169.html|title=The gloriously growing irrelevance of Franklin Graham|publisher=[[The Charlotte Observer]]}}</ref> and ''[[The Arizona Republic]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2019/04/25/trump-shill-franklin-graham-says-buttigieg-should-repent/3575135002/|first=EJ|last=Montini|title=Donald Trump shill Franklin Graham says Pete Buttigieg should repent. HA!|publisher=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref> were also critical of Graham's comments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/25/franklin-graham-pete-buttigieg-repent-gay/3583648002/|title=Franklin Graham calls on Pete Buttigieg to repent for the 'sin' of being gay|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>
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