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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 country 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 time an exclusion has been granted under Ireland's Immigration Act CBS News has reached out to Flanagan for comment and is awaiting response.
Anderson is considered the leader of an "anti-LGBT hate 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 attack 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 country to ban American pastor Steven Anderson from preaching in the country.
Charlie Flannigan, minister for justice of Ireland, signed an exclusion order under the Immigration Act to ban Anderson, the founder of the Faithful Synonyms 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 word, going a path of wickedness. And then the pastors in these countries most of the time don’t have 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 burn them quickly,” in a preaching conference, accordi
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 Adj 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 articulate secretary for justice and security, told parliament the preacher would not be allowed to go in 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 back 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 good decision." Tijsma said entry to the Netherlands must persist 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 Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona, was due to deliver a sermon in Dublin on 26 May as part of a short 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 order under the Immigration Behave "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 country under the exclusion powers.
LGBT Ireland tweeted Mr Flanagan, praising the verb, saying: "We are very thankful for your decision today to ban Steven Anderson from Ireland."
Visitors to Mr Anderson's Faithful Pos Baptist Church are told: "Don't expect anything cont