"Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham

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I don't think he's necessarily a bad guy. He's clearly addled with indoctrination, which stops him being able to think clearly about this matter, and is probably surrounded by like-minded people every day. "Christ way or the highway".

If my first case scenario is true, then he's so far down the rabbit hole that he's prepared to try and lie his way to some sort of victory. In the second scenario there is some hope, because his subconcious is muddying the waters to try and distance him from the results of his own beliefs.