Rev. Franklin Graham Flap Clearly Aggrieves FOX & Friends Legal Analyst

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by Colby Hall | 2:58 pm, April 23rd, 2010

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The term “crescendo” is usually associated with music. But its an appropriate description of Fox News analyst Peter Johnson, Jr. during an appearance this morning on Fox and Friends. in discussing the recent flap over Rev. Franklin Graham and National Day Of Prayer service at the White House.

Johnson started calmly, built steadily, and culminated with “the government should keep its hands off what ministers are saying what to what group of people on National Prayer Day.”

Johnson: I think vindictiveness won over prayer. No one is out to make any excuses for the statements that Franklin Graham made. They were made nine years ago in the wake of 9-11, in the wake of 3,000 deaths. He doesn’t need excuses. He’s made his viewpoint clear as an evangelical minister, and someone who wants to proselytize the world in the words of Jesus Christ. What we’ve said now is that the army wants to decide what the religious content should be. we’ve seen now that the government wants to decide that the old regime, that the old regime that is associated with Preacher Graham and President Bush is over and that we have an America light now where we are embarrassed by our sons.

Should Preacher Graham and his son be embarrassed of each others conduct? Preacher Graham’s son is a 29-year-old west point graduate who was wounded in 2007, is on his fourth duty in Iraq. What does he say to the non-commissioned officers, to the captains, to the colonels on the ground in Iraq? Does he say, I’m embarrassed by my father, that I’m embarrassed by my family’s legacy of service to this country, of ministering to soldiers and to presidents and governors and senators and say he’s an embarrassment now to the world? is Franklin Graham an embarrassment to the world in in spite of one overstated, overblown statement that he probably now regrets, or if he doesn’t, he should, or we should allow him to redeem himself. What does that say to you?

Gretchen: it says we live in a pc society where one person complains and then the whole thing is council.

Johnson: There is no place for mass generalizations, but there is a place, Steve, I think, in this country for redemption, for forgiveness, and the government should keep its hands off what ministers are saying what to what group of people on National Prayer Day. That’s wrong. Maybe it’s pay back, but it’s wrong.

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Grammie

First, The history of Franklin Grahm’s son is new to me.

Second, I tend to agree with Peter Johnson on this.

Third, Peter Johnson’s CRESCENDO? Passionate, yes! Crescendo, no!

For a hands on demo of crescendo perhaps you might want to listen to the first minute or so of this and then, if you’re not hooked, fast forward to about 5:30 or so. That is a crescendo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw
timzank

Gretchens remark ” it says we live in a pc society where one person complains and then the whole thing is council.” is absolutely accurate. If you have one pissed Muslim, stop everything and accomodate. If you have a thousand pissed Christians you just flip them off and carry on with what you were doing.

Welcome to The United States Of America 2010.
Big_F-ing_Deal

“If you have a thousand pissed Christians you just flip them off and carry on with what you were doing. ”

Yeah, whiny sniveling Xtians never get their way in this country.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

“Big_F-ing_Deal says:
April 23, 2010 at 6:06 pm
“If you have a thousand pissed Christians you just flip them off and carry on with what you were doing. ”

Yeah, whiny sniveling Xtians never get their way in this country.”

Timzank slammed and dunked.
timzank

BFD & BA What country do you two morons live in? Look around much? Pissing ON Christians is a fricking sport in this country. You can even get the federal government to pay for it (see Piss Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ) …

Try dropping The Prophet Mohammed in a glass of Urine and see what happens. You can get the taxpayers of Minnesota to pay for footbaths in the airport for muslims but a Christmas Tree is offensive…

Welcome to bizarro country, thanks in large part to people like you guys. Why in the f&ck do people like you even live in this country, why not just pack up and move to a godless socialist state that is already established?? It’d be a damn sight easier for ya wouldn’t it? Or is just more fun to stay here and whine piss and moan about the other 90% of the country that thinks you’re fricking nutz?
Big_F-ing_Deal

“Why in the f&ck do people like you even live in this country, why not just pack up and move to a godless socialist state that is already established??”

I would think the answer to that would be obvious…
We are just waiting for all you greedy bigoted backward fundie bastards to die off so we can join the international community with our heads held high.

It wont be long now..
http://thedailybarb.com Jack Burns

Since when is it the Governments Job to lead a national day of prayer? I thought we eliminated State Religiosity some 200 years ago. Is God or going to listen any different because it a State led Prayer? Religions cause more wars then anything else, and them people pray every day. So is prayer working? You be the judge…
timzank

Jack…it’s not a state led prayer, it’s an acknowledgement by the government for one day that people pray to whomever they wish. That’s why it’s such a crock to abolish it. It’s no different than the White House having an official recognition dinner in honer of Ramaden, which both Bush & Obama have done.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Marcus-Daniel-Byrne/652900203 Marcus Daniel Byrne

@Jack Burns, I’m with you.

On the other hand I agree with Franklin Graham’s comments. I think Islam has become the Jeff Dunham satire of itself and that tends to happen to archaic belief systems. They, at some point become nonsense. Christianity has somehow managed to hang on by casting aside the Old Testament, bravo to that. God knows, I love my shellfish and mixed fabrics.

I want to know why it’s the government’s job to host and sponsor a national religious event, which is the real story everyone should be debating? Are we going to sponsor a National Day of Animal Sacrifice for Santeria, Voodoo or Satanism?
Nachi

How can they do this to a great Christyun Murcuhn Man of God? Walking in the footsteps of The Master???