Posted on 03/04/2018 10:18:16 AM PST by Simon Green
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX Carolina) -
A petition started on Change.org is calling for a national holiday for Reverend Billy Graham.
The organizer is asking for 35,000 signatures on the petition which will then be sent to President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, Senator Jerry Tillman, Senator Thom Tillis and Senator Richard Burr.
By Sunday at 9 a.m. the petition had over 30,000 signatures.
Here is the full text on the petition:
"Lets get a National Holiday for Billy Graham!! Mr. Graham preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories—through various meetings, including Mission World and Global Mission. Hundreds of millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts. Mr. Graham’s counsel was sought by presidents, and his appeal in both the secular and religious arenas is evidenced by the wide range of groups that have honored him, including numerous honorary doctorates from many institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Help us with our cause of setting a national holiday to remember this great man."
Rev. Graham passed away at his home in Montreat, North Carolina on February 21. He was 99 years old.
People from all over the world, including former presidents and the current president, honored him at his Homeplace in Charlotte, as well as paid tribute to him at his funeral on Friday.
I want a holiday for Joel Osteen... and his wife.
I don’t think Rev. Graham would approve.
Let have a national holiday every week.
With pay!
Bad idea.
.
Enough holidays already. Take back MLK day and give back separate days for Washington and Lincoln. Then stop it.
That’s called a government shutdown.
I wouldn’t mind if he and his wife went off on a loooong holiday.
No! Government employees already have too many days off. On the other hand, the more time off they get, the less damage they can do to the country. I’d like to change my answer.
Nice sentiment, but Billy Graham would not want it. He would want people to put that energy into bringing the gospel to people—not in big tents, but in grocery store checkout lines.
Besides, Sunday is Billy Graham day because its the Lord’s Day and Graham was a servant of his Lord.
Though perhaps well-intended, even Graham himself most likely would disapprove this idea.
Combine it with MLK day and call it Religious Leaders Day.
I am all for it if it falls on a Sunday!
yep.
That’s how we lost Washington’s Birthday. I liked to celebrate that when I was little as it was also my grand dad’s birthday.
A federal holiday celebrating The Lightbringer’s Birth will have to come first.
No. We don’t need more holidays, and I don’t believe we have any holidays based on religious figures except for Christ - Christmas and Easter. I doubt Reverend Graham would want to be added to that list.
Couldn’t agree more. Kill MLK, kill “President’s Day,” and restore Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday. We as a nation have lost so much by removing Washington and Lincoln from the public mind.
Nope...
No.
In fact, it’s a good time to eliminate MLK day and go back to observing George Washington’s birthday.
Why does MLK rate a national holiday and George Washington doesn’t?
It’s not merit - it’s because of Political Correctness.
During the funeral service, the founding pastor of a Christian church in Beirut, Lebanon, Sami Dagher spoke. He said that advice Billy Graham gave to him was not to talk about himself. He also said that one of the greatest things about the famed evangelist was his humility, which didn’t fade even as his following grew.
“When he spoke about humbleness, he was a humble man,” Dagher said, explaining that Graham embodied the example he hoped to set. “His greatness, really, was his humility.’’
Billy Graham would not want a national holiday with his name on it. I like your comment about Sunday being ‘Billy Graham Day’ because its the Lord’s Day and Graham was a servant of his Lord. BG would certainly agree that it is the Lord’s Day.
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