Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist
Billy Graham, says gay marriage brings us closer to a spiritual
cliff.
“As we come into the new year,
America is facing many challenges,” Graham
wrote in a blog post. “For the past few weeks, the media has
been focused on what has been termed as the nation's 'fiscal cliff.'”
“Our country's financial problems,
however, are nothing compared to the spiritual and moral cliff that
is far more destructive to our nation than any economic concerns.”
“Since the recent election, we've
seen same-sex couples lining up at courthouses in several states to
receive their marriage licenses, and hundreds of people gathering in
public places to light up marijuana cigarettes in the states where it
has just been decriminalized.”
“This is only the tip of the iceberg.
The moral decline we see on television programs – blatant
immorality, senseless violence, media-friendly gay and lesbian
behavior – is just a reflection of the moral corruption that has
infected our entire nation.”
Graham and his famous father strongly
backed passage of a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to
heterosexual couples in North Carolina.