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mulsh

(2,959 posts)
8. yes. Totally inappropriate but given the current crew of griters in the exec not a bit surprising.
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 02:09 PM
Feb 2018

Are they tithing or charging an admission to view the casket?

Lying where? eom Frustratedlady Feb 2018 #1
In the Capitol Rotunda. Zoonart Feb 2018 #3
Does Franklin have the collection plate out? Frustratedlady Feb 2018 #10
The hat MFM008 Feb 2018 #34
Would you feel the same if it were Martin Luther King, Jr? LisaM Feb 2018 #2
MLK Jr. wasn't trying to convince people to share his delusions. He was fighting for equality 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #18
I didn't love that either, but they were both (IIRC) Southern Baptists LisaM Feb 2018 #21
It bothers me because it's outright state support for a creepy religious figure I despise. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #24
OK, but that still wasn't the original question. LisaM Feb 2018 #29
You really should read Rolling Stone article on Graham Va Lefty Feb 2018 #31
I'M NOT DEFENDING BILLY GRAHAM. LisaM Feb 2018 #38
Not my intent to "pile on" Va Lefty Feb 2018 #39
Accepted! LisaM Feb 2018 #43
Don't give up ! nocalflea Feb 2018 #42
Yeah but there's a huge difference.MLK fought for Solomon Feb 2018 #32
King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Retrograde Feb 2018 #28
If he was lying in state in some hillbilly church in North Carolina, I wouldn't have a problem Aristus Feb 2018 #4
Yah, that church vs State thing. a kennedy Feb 2018 #5
Bingo! GWC58 Feb 2018 #36
Yes. It's totally inappropriate. MineralMan Feb 2018 #6
Yes. Let us not forget his cousin is the scandalous Jimmy Swaggart blake2012 Feb 2018 #7
Yeah, funny thing about Christians is GWC58 Feb 2018 #37
Franklin Graham is despicable, deplorable GWC58 Mar 2018 #45
yes. Totally inappropriate but given the current crew of griters in the exec not a bit surprising. mulsh Feb 2018 #8
The casket is inside a big vending machine YessirAtsaFact Feb 2018 #14
ROFL! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #19
I just giggle because I know he's not in the clouds in a mansion of gold or whatever else NightWatcher Feb 2018 #9
Peter Alexander just said it was Franklin Graham ... GeorgeGist Feb 2018 #11
Lying in Honor rather than in State. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #12
interesting group bottomofthehill Feb 2018 #40
Not "lying in state". Lying in honor. It's done rarely, but it has been done before. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13
Yes. Heard it this morning and cringed. n/t CousinIT Feb 2018 #15
Hell yes. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #16
It probably should bother me more than it does. nocalflea Feb 2018 #17
At least it's not like he'll be impeding congress from getting work done. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2018 #20
Sadly enough bottomofthehill Feb 2018 #41
I find it repugnant wryter2000 Feb 2018 #22
Yes and he had a military escort. I'm getting sick of seeing journalists call him octoberlib Feb 2018 #23
A military escort??? Retrograde Feb 2018 #30
If it'll convince Huckabee that his reported death isn't "fake news", I'm okay with it. moriah Feb 2018 #25
i dont care one way or the other. samnsara Feb 2018 #26
Same here. n/t FSogol Feb 2018 #27
I find it "odd". NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #33
Strictly a photo op MFM008 Feb 2018 #35
Hell yes!! Duppers Mar 2018 #44
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