WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army decided to cancel a Franklin Graham Pentagon speech after a military advocacy group objected to his reported derogatory remarks about Islam.
A scheduled appearance by the evangelical minister and son of the Rev. Billy Graham on the National Day of Prayer May 6 drew the ire of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a group focusing on religious favoritism in the military, Stars and Stripes reported Thursday.