Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham has defended a Christian hockey player’s right to sit out gay-themed activities, saying such faith-based choices don’t make him “homophobic.”
In his post, Graham observed that Provorov told reporters, “I respect everybody and I respect everybody’s choices. My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.”
He went on to commend Philadelphia coach John Tortorella who stood by Provorov and urged his 10 million Facebook followers to reach out to the athlete with a word of encouragement and support.“With Provy, he is being true to himself and to his religion,” the coach added. “This has to do with his beliefs and his religion. That is one thing I respect about Provy, he is always true to himself, so that’s where we’re at with that.
In response to his post, Graham received more than 5,000 comments in support of Provorov, none of which bore a tone of anything resembling hate.
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