Responding to the LGBTQ+ People in Your Life
While some are celebrating the late Billy Graham's legacy, many in the LGBTQ community are grappling with the ramifications of his actions. Our group chats cover a wide range of reactions, from shock to relief to joy. We share memes, make jokes, reveal trauma; we make a space for ourselves, in other words, where we can dishonor the dead who once injured us without censure. Billy Graham Made Queer Lives Hell on Earth
God’s people are reminded to “clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians ). The late Rev. Billy Graham once explained why you were created. 2. Stand firm in your faith. Don’t confuse loving God’s creation with affirming the sin the world promotes. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The preacher, who died today at age 99, wasn't particularly known for his antigay views, but he certainly had them. Billy Graham leaves painful legacy for LGBTQ people
Billy Graham Made Queer Lives Hell on Earth For queer people and survivors of conversion therapy like me, Billy Graham was far more than a complicated man — he was an advocate for our torture. That effort failed. The answer to that question is too long for this article. Billy Graham’s ministry of LGBT intolerance
A note, from Cissie Graham Lynch. In today’s society, I assume most of us love or know someone who is part of the LGBT community. I believe this is the reason most Christians and pastors don’t want to teach on the subject. The sin has become personal for so many, and the lines of what’s . Evangelicals across the country are mourning the death of Billy Graham, an influential preacher who died in his home in Montreat, North Carolina, on Wednesday. But while some are celebrating his legacy, others are grappling with the lasting damage his actions have done to their communities. 
The Gay Community, Billy Graham, and Me
Looking at the arc of Graham’s public ministry, from the s to the present, the publicity of grief has overlooked his damaging and damning messages toward and about LGBT Americans. And the LGBT community has not been silent in this moment of public mourning. For example, Craig Coogan, executive director of the world-renowned Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, wrote the Boston Globe for not. The Rev. William Billy Franklin Graham Jr.
Billy Graham’s Ministry Of LGBTQ Intolerance
The Reverend William (Billy) Franklin Graham Jr.( ) has died at the age of Too often, hagiographies are painted when people die, especially of ministers. The televangelist, however, is not deserving of such high praises. . 
What the Obits Aren't Saying
Prideful people also have little love or compassion for others, and are only interested in themselves. Most of all, a prideful person thinks they have little need for God, believing their way is always best. .
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Half-century-old advice from Billy Graham, who died Feb. 21, was in line with cultural and sexual norms of the s and later decades, when many of Graham’s contemporary evangelical preachers fell from grace after widely publicized extramarital affairs, says R. Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. .