Posted on 06/23/2015 7:19:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Evangelical leader the Rev. Franklin Graham has responded to critics of his decision to discontinue business with Wells Fargo following the company's TV ad featuring a same-sex couple.
The head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse had a column published last week arguing that the boycott was not about Wells Fargo being "gay-friendly."
"Indeed, the bank we transferred our accounts to — BB&T based in Winston-Salem, N.C. — is also widely considered gay-friendly. In fact, it may surprise some to learn that I think every business should be gay-friendly," wrote Graham
"By that I mean businesses — like individuals — should be friendly to gay customers and citizens. We should be friendly to everyone, even if or when we disagree with them."
Graham added that "there is a difference between being friendly and being a public advocate," which differentiates Wells Fargo from BB&T.
"It is true that a local BB&T branch in the Miami area hosted a fundraiser for a program called Legacy Couples, which recognizes same-sex couples who have been in committed relationships for 10 years or more," continued Graham.
"… But the bank did not promote this program through a national advertising campaign (or we would still be looking for another bank)."
Earlier this month, Graham announced that he was going to move the finances of the BGEA away from Wells Fargo due to the company's airing of a TV ad featuring a same-sex couple.
"Have you ever asked yourself — how can we fight the tide of moral decay that is being crammed down our throats by big business, the media, and the gay and lesbian community?" wrote Graham on Facebook.
"Every day it is something else! Tiffany's started advertising wedding rings for gay couples. Wells Fargo bank is using a same-sex couple in their advertising. And there are more. … But it has dawned on me that we don't have to do business with them."
Graham received much criticism in his call for a boycott and many poked fun at the son of Rev. Billy Graham for putting the BGEA funds in the BB&T bank, which is also highly ranked as pro-gay.
Regarding the issue of being welcoming of homosexuals, Graham stated that, for Christians, "being gay-friendly is not optional."
"Jesus himself issued an ultimatum in the New Testament Gospel of John: 'A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another,'" wrote Graham.
"By the same token, we are not called upon to accept or endorse anything that runs contrary to what Scripture teaches, which means we can oppose a TV ad promoting a home with an adopted child and lesbian parents while still loving those represented in the ad."
I went antenna years ago, but still have DVR because of this:
http://www.channelmaster.com/Antenna_DVR_s/336.htm
No, he’s not capitulating....he’s pointing out the difference between being friendly to (even to those you might not agree with), and flat out advocating for, or forcing upon the masses, their (2%, un-Biblical) beliefs.
Funny no one seems to mentions “Christianphobia”.
Put not your trust in princes or the sons of men. There is no truth in them. The Holy Spirit within you tells you right from wrong. Heed that voice and no other. Scripture tells us to avoid evil and the appearance of it. How much plainer can it be. “From these, turn away.”
Find this in your Bible?
Exactly.
We are not giving AIDS or other diseases to gays they are giving them to each other.
Remember back in the eighties when the gays blamed Ronald Reagan for AIDS? LOL Their “logic” was that Ronald Reagan was responsible for AIDS because he was not giving gays all the money that they demanded.
Don’t know if you really mean what you’re saying, but I can tell you Billy and Franklin are in it to win souls to Jesus Christ. Period. I seriously doubt there is any impropriety on how they conduct their affairs.
I assure you Franklin’s intentions are and always have been honorable.
The stereotype of these family-run church dynasties is that the enrich themselves at the expense of church members. Fancy houses, private jets, etc. Further, they pass along the church and wealth within the family. Some do good work, some are embarrassments, some are pure scams. Okay, yes, as a Catholic I realize the church is also quite rich and protects its family (pedaphile and mostly homosexual pedarast priests). Sometimes seems like few good role models.
How friendly?
“there is a difference between being friendly and being a public advocate,”
Ah right.
Funny how reprobates are never “off duty” when it comes to shoving their agenda in everybody’s face.
>>Sure seems to be a lot of noise for less than 2% of the population.
The rats who cling to the ship of Created Things always scream loudest when their dingy starts circling the porcelain vortex.
We ain’t heard nothin’ yet.
>>BB&T bank, which is also highly ranked as pro-gay.
They’re conservative { uhh } but progressive.
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