Billy Graham, revered by the evangelicals and Christian conservatives, has died at 99.
He was the most dominant American pastor of the second half of the 20th century and lifted evangelism into the religious mainstream. He also was more than an anti-Semite. He appeared to despise those of us who are not Protestant and do not follow his beliefs.
Reported in Wikipedia: Graham was a registered member of the Democratic Party. In 1960 he was opposed to the candidacy of John F. Kennedy because as a Catholic he was bound to follow the Pope. Graham worked “behind the scenes” to encourage influential Protestant ministers to speak out against him.
Reported in Wikipedia: Graham held anti-gay views. He believed that AIDS was a “judgement from God” and he was opposed to same-sex marriage.
In a conversation with President Nixon, the evangelist complained about what he saw as Jewish domination of the news media. The conversation was among 500 hours of Nixon tapes released last week by the National Archives. Most were recorded from January to June 1972.
The networks will all broadcast the Billy Graham funeral. I will be reading or watching Vertigo starring staring James Stewart.
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