‘Grounded teaching’ or ‘act of cruelty’? Christian leaders react to the Vatican rejecting same-sex marriage
Franklin Graham
Rev. Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and a leading conservative evangelical figure, expressed support for the Vatican decree against blessing same-sex unions.
In a post to his official Facebook page, Graham stated it was “good to see that the Vatican got this right.”
“Gay people deserve respect and dignity like everyone does, but we cannot condone actions that are contrary to the teachings of God’s Word,” wrote Graham. “Marriage is defined as a union before God between a man and a woman in Scripture, beginning in the Garden of Eden.”
Graham went on to state that he hoped “every church would see the danger in affirming same-sex marriage and blessing what God has defined as sin.”
