Evangelist Franklin Graham Scores Major Religious Liberty Victory as Judge Issues Strongly Worded Rebuke of Critics

Billy Hallowell : Oct 26, 2022
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"The concern is expressed that there is the potential for Mr. Graham to make homophobic and Islamophobic comments, I found no evidence to that effect." -Sheriff John McCormick, Glasgow Sheriff Court

[Faithwire.com] Evangelist Franklin Graham scored a major religious freedom victory this week, with a Scottish court issuing a stern ruling claiming his organization was treated unfairly and unequally. (Image: BGEA)

Glasgow's Sheriff Court found Graham and his organization, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), were discriminated against when the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Scotland's largest event space, canceled a 2020 ministry event.

Sheriff John McCormick declared Monday in his 280-page ruling he saw no evidence to back the claims used to cancel the event and wrote the SEC had violated the U.K. 2010 Equality Act when it trumpeted protestors' views and ignored Graham's supporters, who wanted to see the event unfold.

McCormick, awarding BGEA $109,927 in damages, argued the venue bowed to public pressures and stated the law can't endorse a situation in which a "mainstream Christian gathering" is punished due to disagreements over beliefs.

While protesting is permitted, he wrote there's no right to "silence" or "stop religious assemblies."

"The concern is expressed that there is the potential for Mr. Graham to make homophobic and Islamophobic comments," McCormick said. "I found no evidence to that effect"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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