Franklin Graham was a guest of Morning Joe this morning and he gave us quite a lesson in who is a Christian. Graham refused to say President Obama was a Christian. He said we will have to ask him. As for Mitt Romney, Graham said Mormons are not really Christians. Graham's statement dovetails with that of Rick Santorum who said that Obama has a theology that is not in the mainstream. When I listen to these guys I have to check to see if I am watching an episode of "Back to the Future” or are these guys living on another planet or in some parallel universe. Grahams says that the question is really "what is a Christian?” I thought Christians were people who loved God and loved their neighbor.
Why can't folks just own up to the fact that they do not want a black President even if he found the cure for cancer? Last week Obama was being accused of violating religious freedom, now Graham and his kind want to violate Obama's. Small minded people must be really upset that attacking Obama's performance isn't enough because they are going to great lengths to delegitimize him. The other day I heard that someone said "if he had met Jesus before he met Christians, he might have liked him." I can certainly identify with this sentiment. Graham and Santorum give Christianity a bad name just as Bin Laden gave Islam a bad name. Considering how popular Graham is and Santorum's front runner status, I guess a young Muslim or Jewish child had better give up any notion that she/he can grow up and become President. It is time to admit that if you want to know what many Americas are really made of simply tear up its founding documents. Watching Franklin Graham today, all I could think of was this cannot be Rev. Billy Graham proudest moment.
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