Rev. Franklin Graham: "True Followers of Jesus... Cannot Endorse Same-Sex Marriage"

May 22, 2014

Rev. Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said that "true followers" of Jesus "cannot endorse same-sex marriage" regardless of what President Barack Obama, the Congress, the Supreme Court, or the media say about the issue, adding that marriage was "settled by God Himself" and cannot be modified by man.

"True followers of Jesus Christ, whose salvation is based entirely upon God's Word, cannot endorse same-sex marriage, regardless of what our President, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the media or the latest Gallup poll says about the matter," said Rev. Graham in his May 2014 column for Decision magazine.

"This moral issue has been settled by God Himself and is not subject to man-made revisions or modifications," he said. "In the end, I would rather be on the wrong side of public opinion than on the wrong side of Almighty God who established the standard of living for the world He created. Marriage is a biblically moral issue, not a political or theological one."

Rev. Graham ended his commentary by telling those in "the LGBT community" that God "loves you and will forgive you," and that God "is eager to forgive all sinners," including Graham himself.