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Washington Post: Billy Graham faces backlash over Mormon’cult’ removal
Billy Graham meeting with Mitt Romney.
The Washington Post explores the flap over Billy Graham helping Mitt Romney and then no longer calling Mormonism a cult. The article includes stories from former Graham supporters:
“I will never again support anything by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,” said Wynn, the superintendent of a United Methodist Church district in Fayetteville, N.C. …
“My question to Billy Graham is, What’s more important for the kingdom of God: politics or the message of Jesus Christ?” said Wynn.
While many have suspected the shift over Mormonism to be politically motivated, most thought it would help Romney. But in some cases it will hurt the Republican candidate:
In the end, the Grahams’ endeavors to ease evangelical consciences about voting for a Mormon may backfire.
Bart Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, said he had been prepared to vote for Romney — until last week.
‘’The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association probably cost Mitt Romney my November ballot when it stopped calling Mormonism a cult explicitly because of this election,” Barber wrote on his blog.