Evangelist Franklin Graham tweeted that Pete Buttigieg's homosexuality was 'something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted.
In mid-December 2020, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden nominated former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg to be the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, thus making Buttigieg the 'first openly gay man to be nominated to a Cabinet role': Nearly a year ago in Des Moines, Pete Buttigieg hugged his husband onstage after his win in the Iowa caucuses made him the first openly LGBTQ candidate to earn delegates toward a major political party's presidential nomination. Now, he's making history again as the first openly gay man to be nominated to a Cabinet role, with President-elect Joe Biden tapping Buttigieg this week as his pick for U.S. Transportation secretary. As Buttigieg accepted the nomination, he recalled how as a 17 year old in Indiana, he watched the experience of James Hormel, who President Bill Clinton nominated as ambassador to Luxembourg in 1998 - an appointment Senate Republicans balked at for two years in protest. 'I can remember watching the news... (and) seeing a story about an appointee of President Clinton named to be an ambassador attacked and denied a vote in the Senate because he was gay - ultimately able to serve only by a recess appointment,' he said. 'And I learned something about some of the limits that exist in this country when it comes to who is allowed to belong. But just as important, I saw how those limits could be challenged.' Shortly afterwards, social media users began recirculating an image of a post supposedly documenting that evangelist Franklin Graham had called upon Buttigieg to 'repent for being gay': This image was a reproduction of a genuine tweet issued by journalist Yashar Ali (and a response to it from political strategist and commentator Ana Navarro-Cárdenas) in April 2019: Wake me up when Franklin Graham calls on Donald Trump to repent for being a serial sexual-assaulter and cheater. https://t.co/ubUNHUbXvM - Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) April 25, 2019 As for the substance of the tweets, ABC News reported at the time (April 2019) that: Conservative Evangelical leader Franklin Graham is blasting South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg for being gay and is calling on the presidential hopeful to repent for his 'sin.' In a series of tweets to his 1.9 million followers, Graham said, 'Mayor Buttigieg says he's a gay Christian. As a Christian, I believe the Bible which defines homosexuality as a sin, something to be repentant of, not something to be flaunted, praised or politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman - not two men, not two women.' Graham, the 66-year-old son of the late Billy Graham, began his attack by referring to Buttigieg's comments at a CNN town hall, where the mayor said 'God does not have a political party' while answering a question on uniting conservative, moderate and liberal Christians behind his 2020 campaign. Graham's tweets read as follows: Presidential candidate & South Bend Mayor @PeteButtigieg is right-God doesn't have a political party. But God does have commandments, laws & standards He gives us to live by. God doesn't change. His Word is the same yesterday, today & forever. 1/3 https://t.co/QHDNY3pwzJ - Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 2019 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 politicized. The Bible says marriage is between a man & a woman-not two men, not two women. 2/3 - Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 2019 The core of the Christian faith is believing and following Jesus Christ, who God sent to be the Savior of the world-to save us from sin, to save us from hell, to save us from eternal damnation. 3/3 - Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) April 24, 
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