Billy Graham's granddaughter declares her support for Donald Trump

Cissie Graham Lynch, granddaughter of Billy Graham and daughter of Franklin Graham, has expressed her support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, noting that the election will affect the religious freedom of Christians.

In an interview with The Christian Post on Tuesday, Lynch said that Christians should "set all emotions aside" and ponder on how the results of the election will influence the balance of the Supreme Court and federal courts.

She noted that Trump had promised to appoint pro-life justices and warned that the government would be unfavorable to Christians if Hillary Clinton is elected.

"There could be one to maybe five [Supreme Court] appointees and this could affect an entire generation. This will affect my children and their children's children. You are either going to have two ways — a secular progressive who is hostile towards Christians or you are going to have a side who protects religious liberty and the life of the unborn," she said.

Lynch previously voiced out her support for the Republican candidate in a blog post dated Oct. 13. She noted that while both Trump and Clinton are "terribly flawed," one of them is likely to win the election.

"I have read articles and heard my Christian brothers and sisters say that they cannot vote for either candidate. They argue that it isn't biblical to vote for the lesser of two evils. Yet, as Christians we cannot afford to sit it out," she wrote.

She pointed out that God has used wicked leaders such as Pharaoh, Xerxes, Solomon and Nebuchadnezzar to help his chosen people. She also mentioned that Trump had chosen individuals such as Ben Carson and Jerry Falwell Jr., who have professed faith in God, as his advisors.

Lynch's father, Franklin, has been careful not to endorse a particular candidate. He has repeatedly said that he has no hope in both the Democratic and Republican parties but he still emphasized the need for Christians to vote in the coming election.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Franklin invited Christians to pray with him on the eve of the election which coincides with the 98th birthday of his father.