Overview
- At the Rededicate 250 prayer rally on the National Mall on Sunday, Franklin Graham delivered a prerecorded sermon that labeled the United States “morally rotten” and “sick with sin.”
- Graham cited transgender rights, same-sex marriage, and allowing men in women’s locker rooms as examples of what he called a deep moral decline.
- He urged prayer, repentance, and more Bible reading as the remedy, arguing that removing the Bible from public life has left the nation spiritually adrift.
- He compared today’s violence to biblical judgment and said media and video games feed an “insatiable appetite for violence.”
- Mediaite noted his close ties to President Trump, including a 2025 appointment to the president’s Religious Liberty Commission, as critics on X faulted his focus for ignoring issues like corruption, war, poverty, and clergy abuse.