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Floyd R. Turbo

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Wed Jul 30, 2025, 09:17 AM Jul 30

"If I had shown up with purple hair and a dress, claiming to be a woman, the government wouldn't have said a word." [View all]

City officials in West Kelowna and Abbotsford say they are reviewing safety protocols and event permitting ahead of appearances by Sean Feucht, a U.S. Christian musician and preacher whose Canadian “worship tour” has already faced a wave of cancellations elsewhere in the country.

Last week, authorities, including Parks Canada in Halifax and municipal officials in Charlottetown, Quebec City, Moncton, Gatineau and Vaughan — revoked permits or cancelled events, citing public safety concerns or misalignment with community values.

Feucht, a MAGA-supporting Christian Nationalist worship-music singer said on X on July 24, “If I had shown up with purple hair and a dress, claiming to be a woman, the government wouldn’t have said a word.”

He later claimed on X the cancellations were “blatant Christian persecution in Canada.”

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-cities-backlash-public-venues-controversial-us-preacher

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The intolerant decry intolerance? usonian Jul 30 #1
Wow. I love that Canada has built in protections around its freedom of speech rights LearnedHand Jul 30 #2
People misunderstand what "free speech" is. It's speech you won't be arrested for until you make it ... marble falls Jul 30 #5
I understand that. I'm saying the Canada type of prior restraint has some value. LearnedHand Jul 30 #6
Wasn't meant for you, I would never aim a Constitutional explanation to Judge Learned Hand!!! marble falls Jul 30 #7
Ah, someone who understands Near vs Minnesota ! eppur_se_muova Jul 30 #9
Does Feucht speak out against clergy molesting children with equal fervor or is that Norrrm Jul 30 #3
Dingbat has the right to sing and everybody else has the right not to listen to his crap. marble falls Jul 30 #4
Isn't he the creep "preacher" who was involved with "hands qbert"? niyad Jul 30 #8
If anyone showed up with purple hair and dressed like a woman in Canada, we still wouldn't say a word. Bev54 Jul 30 #10
Just another scheming jerk trying to use Jesus to fleece people. calimary Jul 30 #11
Oh, look, another fake christian pouting and throwing a tantrum because mwmisses4289 Jul 30 #12
blatant Christian persecution in Canada? patphil Jul 30 #13
More fake "Christian persecution." Ray Bruns Jul 30 #14
"...a MAGA-supporting Christian Nationalist worship-music singer..." William Seger Jul 30 #15
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