Franklin Graham: Attempted rape not a crime. Kavanaugh "respected" his victim by not finishing.

[JonLP24]

Franklin Graham began by first saying that Kavanaugh’s attempted rape was “not relevant”:

It's just a shame that a person like Judge Kavanaugh who has a stellar record--that somebody can bring something up that he did as a teenager close to 40 years ago. That's not relevant.

Why he chose to try to justify the crime when Kavanaugh’s entire defense is that he never did it wasn't just unnecessary, it exposed Graham’s truly immoral character.

But then he said something so terrible, I couldn’t believe it.

During the same Christian Broadcast Network’s interview with the evangelical leader, he was asked about the kind of message that might send to sexual abuse victims. His response:

Well, there wasn't a crime committed. These are two teenagers and it's obvious that she said no and he respected it and walked away...

He just flat out says that's not true. Regardless if it was true, these are two teenagers and she said no and he respected that so I don't know what the issue is.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/19/1797143/-Graham-Attempted-rape-not-a-crime-Kavanaugh-respected-his-victim-by-not-finishing

[Freethinker65]

1. Um. He said it never happened. She said it did and she was able to break free when his drunk buddy

Drunk buddy jumped on top of them.

So Graham is full of shit, which is nothing new.

[George Eliot]

4. Obviously drunk buddy was one who stopped it.

Which is why he doesn't want to testify under oath. He's got a conscience.

[PatSeg]

2. Whoa!

I'm speechless.

[Frustratedlady]

3. You idiotic con, he was so drunk, she was apparently able to finally throw him off and escape.

How could he know she said NO if he had his hand over her mouth to muffle her screaming?

You'd do best to keep your thoughts to yourself. Your bias is showing!

[George Eliot]

7. Maybe hand over mouth to prevent her from saying no and screaming for help?

You think? Besides, it's already been described as Judge jumping on top and breaking it up.

[deminks]

5. Lie and call yourself a man of Gawd.

Is this how he conducted himself in High School?

[mythology]

6. Why does anybody regard Franklin Graham as a moral authority?

There was an insightful interview from The New Yorker podcast recently where he said some other absurd things about Trump.

[GoneRonin]

14. He was just as bad in High School....perhaps worse

In this area in particular I know for SURE Franklin Graham is a hypocrite...he "dropped out" of my High School in New York. He was also expelled from at least one other school.

The story from men who were his schoolmates at the time was that Franklin Graham would get into fights and stealing a car was the final straw....this was a Christian boarding school....and to remove Billy Graham son for any reason.....it must have been at least that.

[Initech]

8. God these assholes are so fucking disgusting!!!!!

People like Franklin Graham are why I don't go to church.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Yep. And his father was an asshole, too.

[area51]

9. So, Graham,

if attempted rape isn't a crime in your mind, you won't file a complaint if someone attempted it on you, right?

[dlk]

10. Graham is Showing the World How Very Twisted He Really Is

These are the ravings of a very sick man.

[atreides1]

19. Not just him

His entire organization is twisted...his religious beliefs are that of a deviant!!!!

[gratuitous]

11. Kavanaugh didn't "finish" his assault because his victim got away

What the hell does that even mean?! If someone trapped Franklin Graham and was in the process of doing unspeakable things to him, but was too sockless hammered to "finish," would Franklin still think that a crime hadn't been committed on him?

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Millions adore and follow this man. Millions.

We are done talking, and we just dont know it.

Putin runs the WH, GOP are all traitors, we are going to have a real big problem soon.

[dchill]

15. Way to keep it Christian!

[GeorgeGist]

16. Daddy would be proud!

[unitedwethrive]

17. Yes repubs, keep talking about rape. You always do so well with this topic.

The more they talk, the better it is for us.

[katmondoo]

18. Franklin Graham is a sick twisted man

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

20. Franklin Graham is "not relevant."

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

22. Sadly, he is

to millions of televangelical voters

[ck4829]

25. Unfortunately, he is...

Any evangelical who supported the Iraq War because it would bring on the "end times" needs to be resisted.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. What An Entitled Punk

Grew up rich from his dad's grifting and is still at it, plus a dollop of "even worse".

[Turbineguy]

23. That turbine-like whining sound

is dear old dad Billy spinning.

[JaneQPublic]

24. It most certainly is a crime. It's called sexual assault.

Frankie isn't a lawyer; he's a preacher and a pretty lousy one at that, since he apparently hasn't a clue what Jesus was all about.

https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/sexual-assault-overview.html

[pangaia]

26. Franklin Graham is a sick shit of a human being,

even worse than his deranged father, if one can believe that.