Pastor Franklin Graham Claims He’s Being “Harassed” For Having Staff At His Hospital Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

The evangelical pastor who’s group Samaritan’s Purse is running a field hospital in Central Park in New York, Franklin Graham, has said he is being harassed for insisting his staff be opposed to same-sex marriage, as the ‘Daily Mail’ reports.

Samaritan’s Purse makes all volunteers agree to a Statement of Faith which includes the statement “marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female”.

Now, Graham is saying that he has been harassed by “elected officials and others” in New York. Read his Facebook post bellow:

“While so many have expressed their appreciation and support, sadly some New York officials and a special interest group have expressed concerns or outright opposition to the presence of Samaritan's Purse and our field hospital in Central Park. They include: Eight Democratic members of New York's Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., The New York City Commission on Human Rights, The Reclaim Pride Coalition,” Graham wriote.

“While our Scriptural belief in marriage between a man and a woman seems particularly offensive to representatives of these three groups, we don't believe this is the time or place to wage this debate. Samaritan's Purse is a decidedly Christian private relief organization, funded almost entirely by individuals around the world who share our passion for providing aid to victims of war, disease, disaster, poverty, famine and persecution—and doing so in Jesus' Name,” the pastor continued.

“It seems tone-deaf to be attacking our religious conviction about marriage at the very moment thousands of New Yorkers are fighting for their lives and dozens of Samaritan's Purse workers are placing their lives at risk to provide critical medical care.

“If any of these groups had funded and erected their own emergency field hospitals to serve COVID-19 patients in Central Park, we would join what we believe would be most New Yorkers—and Americans—in applauding and praying for them, not harassing them.”

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