President-Elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee has chosen six notable clergy figures to pray during the 2017 inauguration on Jan. 20, including some who have been particularly outspoken about his proposed immigration policy.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pastor Paula White, the Rev. Franklin Graham, Rabbi Marvin Hier, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez are all set to give readings during the inaugural ceremony, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Jackson, pastor of Great Faith Ministries International Church in Detroit, and White, who leads a ministry in Florida, both lent their support to Trump during his campaign. Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham who now heads Samaritan’s Purse, has also advocated for Trump over the past year. But the three remaining clergy members haven’t necessarily been supporters of Trump during his campaign, but have still agreed to pray and spread hope for the future of the U.S. and its new leader.
Rodriguez, who runs the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, spoke out against Trump’s stance on immigration and proposal to build a wall across the U.S./Mexican border, along with several other issues that could negatively impact Hispanic Christians. While speaking about Trump during an NHCLC event in May, Rodriguez said he was “actually very opposed to [Trumps] rhetoric on most issues” specifically his “rhetoric on immigrants and immigration.”
Franklin Graham, Cardinal Dolan and four more clergy members will pray at Trump’s inauguration wapo.st/2hNXISm
"The NHCLC agrees with Donald Trump that the safety of the American people is a priority, but we are also very disappointed that his speech did not include practical solutions for the 11 million undocumented immigrations who call the United States their home — the people following our laws who are here to provide a better life for their families,” Rodriguez said at the time.
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