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Franklin Graham is too partisan

To the Editor:

The Rev. Franklin Graham (whose father, Billy Graham, my family and I saw in The Boston Gardens in the 1950s) repeatedly states his ministry is not political even though he continually praises President Donald Trump and condemns Democrats.

“The world is changing,” Rev. Graham said, “culture is changing, attitudes toward things have changed, but God’s laws don’t change.”

How am I to believe that, Rev. Graham, when the son of the “nation’s pastor” (as your father was known) travels the country praising the most immoral, dishonest and incompetent president this country has ever known?

Asking foreign countries to discredit a political opponent illegally corrupts our elections, Rev. Graham. Conditioning our foreign policy with any foreign government on such political “favors” corrupts our national integrity. Withholding military aid from Ukraine defending itself against Russian incursion aids and gives comfort to our enemies. That is treason.

At some point in time Republican Senators and the Republican Party are going to have to choose whether to defend the traitor in the White House or defend the rule of law. And so are you, Rev. Graham, and so are your disciples.

David L. Snell 

Franklin

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