Franklin Graham, a leading evangelical
figure, on Sunday reiterated his belief that gay sex is sin.
In an NBC Meet the Press
profile, Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, was asked
whether he agrees with Pope Francis, who famously told reporters, “If
a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge
them?”
“Would there be a shift for you?”
he was asked.
“God would have to shift – and God
doesn't,” Graham answered. “God's word is the same yesterday and
today and a million years from now, that it's sin. To tell somebody
that it's okay, I know the consequences of what will happen one day
when they have to stand before God. I want to warn people, and I
think the pope is right when he says he is not the judge. He is not
the judge. God is the judge.”
Graham added that his 95-year-old
father was “very weak.”
(Watch
the segment on NBC News.)