When he was in active ministry Billy Graham spoke about acceptance and inclusion. He carefully avoided hostility and a demeaning attitude towards sexual minorities. He wasn't our advocate, but he wasn't our opponent either.
Not so his son Franklin.
Franklin Graham has taken over his father's organization (Billy is over 90 and has Parkinson's) and sometimes issues statements in his father's name. Alas, "Billy Graham" is sounding condemnatory these days.
In a statement using his own voice Franklin has had enough. He wants to boycott every business that "promotes sin."
I'm delighted that we're in a time when I can say: Good luck with that.
Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin walks us through all the products Franklin would have to avoid. For example, what car to drive? All GM, Ford, and Fiat-Chrysler products would be out, as would cars from Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Subaru, Audi, Tesla, Bentley, Bugatti, and Lamborghini. I'm not sure what that leaves. A car from India or China?
Franklin switched all the organization's money from Wells Fargo to the North Carolina based BB&T. Yeah, Wells Fargo is so gay-friendly they use same-sex couples in advertisements meant for mass-market viewing. But somebody didn't do proper vetting of BB&T. It has an 80% rating from the Human Rights Campaign and has sponsored an entry in the Miami Pride Parade. Did BB&T get Franklin's approval because it didn't show gay people on Franklin's TV?
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