‘Nation Embracing Sin’: Franklin Graham Goes on Twitter Rant to Defend North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law
Springsteen Concert Cancellation Sets Off North Carolina Anti-LGBT Activist
Franklin Graham used the news Bruce Springsteen canceled his North Carolina concert in protest of anti-LGBT law HB2 as a springboard this weekend, launching a Twitter rant defending the discriminatory and unconstitutional ordinance.
.@Springsteen says #HB2 is going “backwards instead of forwards.” To be honest, we need to go back! Back to God. Back to common sense.
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 9, 2016
The Charlotte-based preacher, anti-LGBT and political activist, and head of a non-profit that pays him a reported $880,000 per year, denounced America as a “nation embracing sin and bowing at the feet of godless secularism and political correctness.”Â
A nation embracing sin and bowing at the feet of godless secularism and political correctness is not progress. #HB2 https://t.co/79tIue9AZi
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 9, 2016
Graham also used the right wing’s false claim that HB2, which bans transgender people from using the restroom that conforms to their gender identity, somehow protects women and children, suggesting transgender people will attack them.
#HB2 protects the safety and privacy of women and children and preserves the human rights of millions of faith-based citizens of this state.
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 10, 2016
It’s unclear how being in the same restroom with a transgender person violates “the human rights of millions of faith-based citizens.”
And Graham, of course, offered support to embattled GOP Gov. Pat McCrory (photo, with Graham,) who pushed for and signed HB2 into law.
I’m thankful NC has a governor, lt. governor, & legislators who put the safety of our women and children first! #HB2 https://t.co/79tIue9AZi
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 10, 2016
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