Notorious anti-LGBTQ preacher Franklin Graham leads prayer at President Trump’s inauguration (Drew Angerer, Scott Olson/Getty Images)
According to reports, notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ preacher Franklin Graham will lead a prayer at President Donald Trump’s inauguration. washington blade.
An American pastor who has praised President Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws has claimed that same-sex marriage is orchestrated by the devil. Calling transgender rights “evil”will file a summons in Washington, D.C., on January 20th.
Graham, who was ordained in 1982 at the nondenominational Grace Community Church in Tempe, Arizona, has also been criticized for taking aim at same-sex marriage, calling homosexuality sinful and attacking former gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. known.
“Mayor Buttigieg says he is a gay Christian. As a Christian, I believe that homosexuality is a sin, not something to be flaunted, glorified, or politicized, but something to be repented of.” “I believe in the Bible, which defines it,” he wrote. Twitter/X In 2019.
Graham, president and CEO of the evangelical advocacy group Samaritan’s Purse, also read a prayer at President Trump’s inauguration in 2017.
He campaigns in support of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. supported Mr. Trump In the middle of the campaign.
Trump’s victory is a “huge victory for Christians and evangelicals,” he said, adding that the president-elect “will protect the religious freedoms that Democrats have failed to protect.”
Other artists scheduled to perform at President Trump’s inauguration include Village People and Carrie Underwood. Country music star Underwood has long supported LGBTQ+ rights, and her decision to appear on the show drew anger from fans. About her 2018 song, one said: “Trump? So I think ‘Love Wins’ was just pandering. Goodbye.”
Meanwhile, Village People, best known for their 1978 hit song ‘YMCA’, which was widely adopted as a gay anthem, have been accused of ‘selling themselves out’ by furious LGBTQ+ fans.
VIPs scheduled to attend include former Brazilian president and self-proclaimed “proud homophobe” Jair Bolsonaro, Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. It will be done.
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