Take a Moral Stand

Franklin Graham Tells Catholic Leaders to 'Take a Moral Stand' Against Cuomo Over Abortion Law - CBN News

Evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on Catholic leaders to "take a moral stand" in light of New York's Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to sign a new law that removes restrictions on late-term abortions and allows babies to be aborted up until the moment of birth.

Cuomo says he is Catholic but came under fire from church leaders after he signed the abortion law. Some even called for Cuomo's excommunication from the faith. But not everyone agreed. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, told "Fox & Friends" Monday morning that Gov. Cuomo isn't going to be moved by excommunication, "so what's the use?"

Graham, however, urged the archbishop to stand firm. "I call on my friend Cardinal Dolan to take a moral stand. Whether it moves the governor's calloused heart or not, it will have a great impact on not only the church in New York, but on the church worldwide. My question would be--if the church loses its moral voice, then what's the use?

"It's about standing for right over wrong, good over evil," Graham wrote Tuesday on Facebook.

- Father, the injustice of this law and its implicit depravity have united Your Church. Hear our prayers and judge this law. We ask You to dry up every womb where the mother would choose or be pressured to have an abortion.

- What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this. (Ezra 9:13)