CA Wildfire Relief Helpers Must Be Anti-Gay to Work With Franklin Graham's Group [View all]

[muriel_volestrangler]

Evangelist Franklin Graham runs a ministry called Samaritan’s Purse that helps with disaster relief, and the wildfires in California are no exception. According to a post on the group’s website yesterday, volunteers have already sprung into action:
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So they want to help the people suffering in California… just not enough that they’re willing to work alongside a married gay man, liberal, or Jew.
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They have every right to set their own rules, of course. This isn’t some legal problem. This is about ethics. Few organizations have the level of funding and capability to help people following a natural disaster as Samaritan’s Purse. It would be entirely possible for them to say, “We’re a Christian ministry, inspired by God, to help those in need. If you’re willing to work with us, we’re happy to work with you.”

Instead, their message to potential volunteers is that adherence to a certain kind of conservative Christianity is not just a prerequisite to working with them, it’s more important than your desire to want to help total strangers.

Read more at http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/08/04/ca-wildfire-relief-helpers-must-be-anti-gay-to-work-with-franklin-grahams-group/#PT40zX4ck2PpqM5S.99