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FRANKLIN GRAHAM URGES CHRISTIANS TO STAND UP FOR THEIR FAITH AMIDST A ‘CULTURE OF INTOLERANCE’<\/h2>\n
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Franklin Graham said the gunman who killed nine people at a college in Oregon did so because he was \u201cfilled with hate<\/a>.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis was not about gun control,\u201d Graham said in a column for Charisma News. \u201cIt was about a man filled with hate, especially for those who bravely and boldly confessed they were Christians. The shooter, who listed \u2018organized religion\u2019 as a dislike on his Facebook page, perpetrated a hate crime against the name of Jesus Christ and those who follow Him.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Graham said that there is a \u201cculture of intolerance\u201d against Christians in the United States.<\/div>\n
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\u201cFrom the media, to the courts, to this current administration, there has been a flagrant, disturbing mockery of Christian values and beliefs,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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Graham referred to the bakers in Oregon who were fined for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex marriage. He also mentioned the florist in Washington who also would not provide services for a same-sex wedding.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWho would have thought that, here in our own country, there would be less empathy for Christianity than for any other faith?\u201d he said. \u201cThat God-fearing people who stand up for their biblical faith would be called bigots and be vilified while those who harass and mock Christians draw approval and applause?\u201d<\/div>\n
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Today\u2019s Christians need to take a stand against the \u201cculture of intolerance.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cHere’s what I know we can do: Like the courageous men and women at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Oregon, we can stand up for our faith by unashamedly confessing Jesus Christ. They knew they would be killed when they stood and faced the gunman, and they stood anyway,\u201d Graham said.<\/div>\n
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