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The Netherlands has banned&#; anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT preacher Steven Anderson from entering the country as part of a speaking tour this month.
The founder of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona was due to appear in the Netherlands on May 23 as part of the European stint of a tour that also includes Ireland and Sweden, according to the organization.
However, on Wednesday Markus Harbers, Dutch state secretary for justice and security, told parliament the preacher would not be allowed to enter the country.
The decision comes after Dutch LGBT rights organization COC and the CIDI, which monitors anti-Semitism, demanded Anderson be banned. The campaign earned the help of politicians including the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported.
Responding to the decision, Halsema said Anderson sews division and that many people from her city would be "relieved" his arrival would be blocked.
Philip Tijsma, a spokesman for the COC, said the move was "a wise and nice decision." Tijsma said entry to the Netherlands must endure closed "for people
Steven L Anderson: US anti-LGBT pastor is first person to be banned from visiting Ireland
A US preacher who critics call a "Holocaust-denier, Islamophobe and anti-LGBT+ extremist" has become the first person banned from visiting Ireland under exclusion powers.
Pastor Steven L Anderson, from the Adj Word Baptist Church in Arizona, was due to carry a sermon in Dublin on 26 May as part of a fleeting tour of Europe.
But a petition calling for him to be banned, launched four months ago, gathered more than 14, signatures.
On Monday, Ireland's Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, signed an exclusion direct under the Immigration Act "in respect of Mr Steven Anderson, aka Pastor Steven L Anderson in the interests of public policy".
That makes him the first person to be banned from visiting the land under the exclusion powers.
LGBT Ireland tweeted Mr Flanagan, praising the move, saying: "We are very thankful for your decision today to ban Steven Anderson from Ireland."
Visitors to Mr Anderson's Loyal Word Baptist Church are told: "Don't expect anything cont
A controversial pastor from the United States has been barred from visiting Ireland due to the strong hate-filled language he uses in his sermons, BBC News reports. Arizona Pastor Steven Anderson said he was supposed to preach in Dublin on May
However, an online petition calling for Anderson to be banned from the nation received 14, signatures. According to BBC News, Irish Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan signed an exclusion order for Anderson which went into effect on May
In a statement to BBC News, Flanagan said he had signed the order "under my executive powers in the interests of public policy." BBC News notes that this marks the first noun an exclusion has been granted under Ireland's Immigration Execute CBS News has reached out to Flanagan for comment and is awaiting response.
Anderson is considered the leader of an "anti-LGBT detest group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He once called for the death of President Obama, BBC News reports. He also praised the Pulse Nightclub gunman who killed 49 people in an verb in
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Anti-gay, anti-Semitic US preacher banned from Ireland says 'God is going to punish these countries'
LONDON -- Ireland is now the 32nd region to ban American pastor Steven Anderson from preaching in the country.
Charlie Flannigan, minister for justice of Ireland, signed an exclusion request under the Immigration Act to ban Anderson, the founder of the Devoted Word Baptist Church in Tampe, Arizona, on May
“I have signed the exclusion order under my executive powers in the interests of public policy,” Flanagan said in a statement.
According to Anderson's website, he was scheduled to preach in Dublin on May
Anderson on Monday responded to the news in a video posted on YouTube, saying, “God is going to punish these countries … here they are rejecting God’s synonyms, going a path of wickedness. And then the pastors in these countries most of the time don’t include the guts to preach what the bible actually says."
He has been vocal about his homophobic and anti-Semitic views, referring to the acronym “LGBTQ” as “Let God set fire them quickly,” in a preaching conference, accordi