Tuesday morning in a Facebook post Graham said: "Some are also criticizing Christians who support the president's position on immigration-and I'm one of those being criticized. But we have to realize that the president's job is not the same as the job of the church."
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Graham is standing by his original a statement issued over the weekend that said he backed a closer examination of refugees' views on "freedom and liberty," adding that Islamic law was incompatible with the Constitution. However, he added: "As Christians we are commanded to help all, regardless of religious background or ethnicity, like the Good Samaritan Jesus shared about in the Bible."
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In July of 2015 Graham proposed a ban on Muslims entering the United States, saying that the country was under attack by "evil."
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