“when one betrays Christian principles for politics”
Hey, the “politic” thing to do would have been to join in everybody’s anti-Putin messaging. Graham has exposed himself to criticism from across the political spectrum by not doing the politic thing. He saw that Russia is taking a more Christian position on gay adoptions and protection of children, and he was courageous enough to say so.
Anti-Putin? The problem in Russia is the hidden soviet structures that were not dismantled. Putin is only the visible manifestation for a power structure we are unaware of, as attested to by FSB/KGB dissidents and defectors. This new Russia is the same as the old one, although, the occult plays prominently within the society at large, even to the very highest levels, complete with Russian generals, intellectuals and politicians indulging in Nazi-like ethnic theories, Slavic-shamanism, and other bizarre beliefs, which certainly have not done Russia well, considering it has the highest abortion rate of Europe. This idea that Russia is in any way "Christian" is simply a falling for their active measures aimed at right wing movements across the world. In reality, the ROC is itself an arm of the Kremlin, and all these moves are as cynical as Russia's actions in Ukraine. They are aimed to distort reality from what is really going on in Russia, which is far from Christian, but more horrific than any of you seem to be aware of.
Graham, therefore, reveals himself as a dupe, in the same way he tried to dupe us on Romney.