Evangelist Franklin Graham is hitting back at PayPal’s decision to cancel plans to expand to Charlotte, North Carolina, in protest over the state’s enactment of a controversial transgender bathroom bill, saying that the company deserves the “hypocrite of the year award!”
“Congressman Robert Pittenger made a great point yesterday: ‘PayPal does business in 25 countries where homosexual behavior is illegal, including 5 countries where the penalty is death, yet they object to the North Carolina legislature overturning a misguided ordinance about letting men in to the women’s bathroom? Perhaps PayPal would like to try and clarify this seemingly very hypocritical position,’” Graham wrote on his Facebook page.
He said that the North Carolina law, which was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory late last month, was advanced to help protect women and children against sexual predators, and that he applauds the effort. FULL REPORT
