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 historynearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territoriesthrough various meetings, including Mission World and Global Mission. Hundreds of millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts. Mr. Grahams 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.
Do away with King or Presidents day. Put Graham in their place. I like Washington’s day not presidents day.
Next thing ‘them’ people will want a day for the Big Towelhead in Hell.
“Combine it with MLK day and call it Religious Leaders Day.”
Good idea. Call it “Reverands’s Day.”
“Enough holidays already. Take back MLK day and give back separate days for Washington and Lincoln. Then stop it.”
Yes!
It’s a bad idea, but an unintended consequence would be that it would royally piss off the libs. It might be worth it for that alone.
Agreed, one suspects that he might have said that it's not about him.
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No. There are too many holidays for federal and state employees as it is.
In honor of Billy Graham we should trim down the Federal Holidays to New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day.
If you want a religious holiday take the day off. That includes Thanksgiving.
Don’t get me wrong, but govt employees take a lot of time off through the federal “holiday” scam.
I work in the finance industry. I enjoy rubbing Columbus Day, Veterans Day, MLK Day and Washington’s Birthday in my friends faces. I can always use another holiday to gloat over.
Uhm, no. But thanks for praying.
How about “Bring your Bible to Work/School day”, mirrored after the ‘bring you daughter to work day’?
The Good Reverend would approve of that I’m sure.
So they can take their limo to the shopping mall?
I like that, they ruined Washington and Lincoln's birthdays years ago, seems fair if we are to call out presidents on a day, that we do same with our religious leaders--plus it makes it more inclusive, more sensitive to diversity, etc.
I guess you are opposed to an Obama Holiday, then?
no
There is only one man who IMHO rises to the level of a national holiday - George Washington.
Presidents day should be dropped, and the focus should be on Washington - the Father of the nation, and a man of great character. The many presidential failures of the recent past should not even be mentioned at the same time as Washington.
Can we trade Rev. WFG for Rev. MLK?
No. From someone who shares his faith and even his denomination and thinks highly of him. No.
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