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Last Friday, a United Kingdom Judge ruled in favor of Franklin Graham, saying that the town of Blackpool, England had violated religious liberty protections when it removed bus ads promoting a 2018 Christian event hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
In the decision, Judge Claire Evans ruled that the Blackpool council and the Blackpool Transport Services, owned by the town, “discriminated on the ground of religion,” violating Article 10 rights which protect freedom of expression.
In July 2018, Blackpool succumbed to rising pressure on social media calling for the town to prohibit bus ads promoting the “Lancashire Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham” due to Graham’s adherence to biblical views on marriage and sexuality.
Evangelistâs LGBT views are protected by UK Equality Act, court rules.
Daniel Silliman| Image: AP Photo/John Bazemore
Franklin Graham’s British bus signs seemed innocuous. They said, “Lancashire Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham Time for Hope.”
But the message, the messenger, and his history of controversial statements about homosexuality sent the seaside resort town of Blackpool into turmoil in 2018, as elected officials and administrators rushed to find a way to remove the advertisements from public transportation.
“Clearly this chap cannot be allowed a stage to promote this venom,” wrote one city official an email to the council. Another called the evangelist and the president of Samaritan’s Purse a “bile spewing preacher.” A third official didn’t know who Graham was, but looked him up on the internet and said she was “a bit shocked” at things Graham had said about LGBT people on Fox News.