{"id":571,"date":"2012-02-28T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T22:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2012-02-28T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T22:09:27","slug":"naacp-criticizes-franklin-graham-over-comments-about-obamas-faith-graham-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulstanley.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/28\/naacp-criticizes-franklin-graham-over-comments-about-obamas-faith-graham-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Criticizes Franklin Graham Over Comments About Obama&#8217;s Faith; Graham Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>[UPDATE]<\/strong>\u00a02\/28 4:17 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier to the NAACP sent an open letter to Rev. Franklin Graham regarding comments he made on MSNBC when questioned about President Obama&#8217;s faith. Graham initially he said he would take Obama at his word if he said he was a Christian. The repeated questioning by the host of the program are a prime example of how liberal journalist try to start fights with conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Graham responded on Tuesday to criticism from faith leaders in the NAACP who accused the evangelist of questioning President Obama&#8217;s Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;The president has said he is a Christian and I accept that (and have said so publicly on many occasions). I apologize to him and to any I have offended for not better articulating my reason for not supporting him in this election \u2013 for his faith has nothing to do with my consideration of him as a candidate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Graham went further to say he cannot and will not vote for Obama because of his positions on abortion and traditional marriage, which he found to be in &#8220;direct conflict with God&#8217;s standards as set forth in Scripture.&#8221; He also added that he would vote for any candidate, whether a Democrat or a Mormon, who supports traditional marriage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>[This is a breaking news update. Check CP&#8217;s earlier story below.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A coalition of black ministers and the NAACP have blasted evangelist Franklin Graham for his comments that they felt called into question President Obama&#8217;s Christian faith. The NAACP issued an open letter on Tuesday denouncing Graham&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChristianPost.Intl\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<iframe id=\"f1aa92c2d\" title=\"Like this content on Facebook.\" name=\"f15aa28a3c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Dfa5f4bd54%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.christianpost.com%252Ff29fa30d9c%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&amp;extended_social_context=false&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FThe-Christian-Post%2F41093998634&amp;layout=button_count&amp;locale=en_US&amp;node_type=link&amp;sdk=joey&amp;send=true&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=150\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Christian denominational leaders, pastors, and, most importantly, followers of Jesus Christ; we are greatly troubled by recent attempts by some religious leaders to use faith as a political weapon,&#8221; the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naacp.org\/news\/entry\/naacp-faith-leaders-speak-out-on-rev.-franklin-graham\">letter<\/a>\u00a0reads. &#8220;We were disturbed and disappointed by statements made by Rev. Franklin Graham during an interview on MSNBC that questioned whether President Obama is a Christian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/black-clergy-naacp-denounce-franklin-graham-over-obamas-faith-70467\/\">To read the rest of the article click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATE]\u00a02\/28 4:17 p.m. Earlier to the NAACP sent an open letter to Rev. Franklin Graham regarding comments he made on MSNBC when questioned about President Obama&#8217;s faith. Graham initially he said he would take Obama at his word if he said he was a Christian. The repeated questioning by the host of the program are a prime example of how liberal journalist try to start fights with conservatives. 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