Preacher who praised Putin’s anti-gay laws to lead prayers at Trump’s inauguration

Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ preacher Franklin Graham will lead the prayers at Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to the Washington Blade.

The American pastor, who has praised Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws, claimed that same-sex marriage was orchestrated by Satan, and called trans rights “evil”, will deliver the invocation in Washington DC on 20 January.

Graham, who was ordained by the non-denominational Grace Community Church, in Tempe, Arizona, in 1982, is also known for his attacks on gay former presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, taking aim at same-sex marriage and calling homosexuality sinful.

“Mayor Buttigieg says he’s a gay Christian. As a Christian I believe the Bible, which defines homosexuality as sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicised,” he wrote on Twitter/X in 2019.

Franklin Graham. (CNP/Ron Sachs//Anadolu Agency/Getty)

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