The NAACP of North Carolina leveled its vocal guns first at Billy Graham for urging people to vote their values. Now the group has attacked his son, Franklin, who heads the ministry Samaritan's Purse.
The NAACP of North Carolina, in a seven-page letter, last week accused evangelist Franklin Graham of using his father's name and image in newspaper ads to "further arouse unwarranted suspicions" about Barack Obama's personal faith. The 19 black leaders who signed the letter describe the full-page ads "clear endorsement of the president's opponent because he was more of a Christian than the president."
The head of the North Carolina NAACP also accused the younger Graham of "being seduced by the sirens of money and power" and "cherry-picking the easy parts of Christianity" and ignoring Judeo-Christian principles to help the poor, feed the hungry, and treat the sick.
The Coalition of African-American Pastors, which is headed by Rev. William Owens, is challenging those attacks. Owens tells OneNewsNow that the NAACP apparently does not know about Billy Graham's work in integration -- "or they don't care."
Owens looks back to that time when there were racial flare-ups in various cities. "And Billy Graham would go into those cities and hold evangelistic meetings and bring people of all races together where you could sit anywhere," he recalls. "And he refused to allow them to be segregated -- and for the NAACP to attack him now is just wrong."
In the follow-on attack, Owens wonders whether the NAACP has ever heard of Franklin Graham's work with Samaritan's Purse in Third World countries. Owens is surprised the NAACP "would stoop that low."
"I think it's an issue that the African-American community, who believe in what is right and honorable, they will not side with the NAACP," he suggests. "They're going so far left that you wouldn't recognize them from let's say 20 years ago."
The NAACP has endorsed abortion and homosexual "marriage" -- as has the Democratic Party. Owens and the Coalition of African-American Pastors will respond in the future.
The NAACP of North Carolina, in a seven-page letter, last week accused evangelist Franklin Graham of using his father's name and image in newspaper ads to "further arouse unwarranted suspicions" about Barack Obama's personal faith. The 19 black leaders who signed the letter describe the full-page ads "clear endorsement of the president's opponent because he was more of a Christian than the president."
The head of the North Carolina NAACP also accused the younger Graham of "being seduced by the sirens of money and power" and "cherry-picking the easy parts of Christianity" and ignoring Judeo-Christian principles to help the poor, feed the hungry, and treat the sick.
The Coalition of African-American Pastors, which is headed by Rev. William Owens, is challenging those attacks. Owens tells OneNewsNow that the NAACP apparently does not know about Billy Graham's work in integration -- "or they don't care."
Owens looks back to that time when there were racial flare-ups in various cities. "And Billy Graham would go into those cities and hold evangelistic meetings and bring people of all races together where you could sit anywhere," he recalls. "And he refused to allow them to be segregated -- and for the NAACP to attack him now is just wrong."
In the follow-on attack, Owens wonders whether the NAACP has ever heard of Franklin Graham's work with Samaritan's Purse in Third World countries. Owens is surprised the NAACP "would stoop that low."
"I think it's an issue that the African-American community, who believe in what is right and honorable, they will not side with the NAACP," he suggests. "They're going so far left that you wouldn't recognize them from let's say 20 years ago."
The NAACP has endorsed abortion and homosexual "marriage" -- as has the Democratic Party. Owens and the Coalition of African-American Pastors will respond in the future.
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