Franklin Graham, one of the countrys most well-known evangelical Christians, took to Twitter Wednesday to respond to Mayor Pete Buttigieg, an openly gay 2020 presidential candidate who appeared at a televised town hall a day earlier.
Graham called homosexuality a sin and something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized, in a tweet Wednesday.
In a CNN town hall Tuesday, Buttigieg said, I get that one of the things about Scripture is different people see different things in it.
At the very least we should be able to establish that God does not have a political party, the South Bend, Ind., mayor said at the town hall.
Graham shared a CNN story about the town hall on Twitter, and said, Presidential candidate & South Bend Mayor @PeteButtigieg is right God doesnt have a political party. But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by.
Mayor Buttigieg says hes a gay Christian. As a Christian I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman not two men, not two women, Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, tweeted.
It can be challenging to be a person of faith whos also part of the LGBTQ community and yet, to me, the core of faith is regard for one another, Buttigieg said during Tuesdays CNN town hall in New Hampshire. And part of Gods love is experienced, according to my faith tradition, is in the way that we support one another and, in particular, support the least among us.
