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So Franklin Graham stood on the steps of Utah's Capitol and called America to repentance and pontificated about a laundry list of sins he wants to see outlawed. What's more, local news outlets considered the event newsworthy.
I have a message for Graham and all the other ultra-conservative right-wing evangelical fascists like him. The United States of America is a free, democratic society, not a theological dictatorship run by the clergy. Graham and his ilk need to keep their noses out of my personal life that has no affect on them whatsoever.
Scott Christian Bauer
Salt Lake City