“Exactly what are you trying to say?
We are a secular Republic. Put him in a church. There are plenty of churches in D.C. if you want to make some kind of national statement.”
We have a national cathedral in Washington. I think that would have been a more appropriate place.
GONG !
Wrong;
The United States is a Christian Republic
It's just that the National Cathedral is run by the Episcopal Church USA, which has aggressively promoted gay marriage and would probably have aggressively tried to resist hosting the event, due to Graham's Biblical view of marriage. Episcopalians think the Bible is so last millenium.
January 2013: Washington National Cathedral Announces It Will Hold Same-Sex Weddings
From the National Cathedral's web site:
A longtime supporter of the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the life of the church, the Cathedral considers LGBT equality the great civil rights issue of church in the 21st century.