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Army considers rescinding invitation to evangelist (access required)

by admin Published: April 21,2010

Tags: Army, evangelist, Franklin Graham, National Day of Prayer

The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Graham, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, was to appear at the Pentagon on May 6 on what is the National Day [...] [...]

Group wants evangelist’s Pentagon event canceled (access required)

by Rob Larimer Published: April 21,2010

Tags: Franklin Graham, Mikey Weinstein, National Day of Prayer, Pentagon speech

A watchdog group objected today to an evangelist’s invitation to speak at the Pentagon next month, saying his past description of Islam as “evil” offended Muslims who work for the Department of Defense and the appearance should be canceled. Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said inviting evangelist Franklin Graham to speak [...] [...]

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