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Liverpool's Regional Mayor Wants Franklin Graham Bus Ads Removed for Being 'Hate Speech' [UK]
Christian Today ^ | 5/4/22 | Ian M Gatti

Posted on 05/05/2022 5:49:43 PM PDT by marshmallow

CP) American evangelist Franklin Graham is again drawing fire from local officials in the United Kingdom as the mayor of Liverpool has called for removing bus ads promoting Graham's upcoming event due to his religious beliefs.

The ads, placed on buses in Liverpool, ask readers if they are "looking for something more" and show an image of the 69-year-old evangelical leader. The ads also feature information about the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's "God Loves You" Tour event set to take place on May 14 at the Liverpool Exhibition Centre.

Critics of the tour — most notably Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram — have called Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, a "known hate preacher" due to his opposition to gay marriage and radical Islam.

"To say that I'm angry that the views of a known hate preacher — who has an appalling track record of homophobic and Islamophobic views — are being displayed anywhere in our city region would be an understatement," Rotherham told BBC.

The promotion seen on buses belonging to the Stagecoach and Arriva lines was undergoing reviews at both bus companies, the BBC reported, adding that Rotheram wrote to both companies requesting the removal of the advertisements.

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1 posted on 05/05/2022 5:49:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

There’s no such thing as hate speech.

And by the way, this is love speech.


2 posted on 05/05/2022 5:52:15 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: All

The warnings to Sodom and Gomorrah were probably “hate speech” too but they were ignored. History must repeat itself.


3 posted on 05/05/2022 5:54:29 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I never dated Jennifer Gardner because she always asked "What's in your wallet". That's a red flag.)
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To: marshmallow

phobic implies fear. there is no fear. this is a language tactic of the left.


4 posted on 05/05/2022 5:54:54 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: marshmallow

That’s it, I’m definitely rooting for Real Madrid now.


5 posted on 05/05/2022 5:55:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marshmallow

Really was a mistake for us to have sacrificed so many men in the last big war defending this degenerate, inbred gang of sleazeballs stuck on their little island?

Won’t make that mistake again.


6 posted on 05/05/2022 5:56:04 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: marshmallow

Mohammed was a killer and a dictator. Jesus was pure love. Those are just facts.


7 posted on 05/05/2022 5:57:14 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: marshmallow

The UK has become a God-less nation ..sad but true.. churches are empty except for the grandmas that are still alive..


8 posted on 05/05/2022 5:59:35 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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To: marshmallow

If they think the servants are bad they will not like meeting the King.


9 posted on 05/05/2022 6:03:29 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: marshmallow

Home of the Liverpool Pathway” to death.


10 posted on 05/05/2022 6:07:18 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: marshmallow

At some point these people are going to have to be dealt with, however unpleasant that may be.

Our very survival is at stake.

L


11 posted on 05/05/2022 6:09:58 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: marshmallow

Actions speak louder than words. The poofs and Mohammedans wouldn’t walk across the street to piss on the Labour twit if he was on fire. Graham, the BGEA, and Samaritan’s Purse would rescue the knothead and bring him back to health.
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Real hate vs. real compassion


12 posted on 05/05/2022 6:10:54 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Sonshinegirl

“The UK has become a God-less nation ..sad but true.. churches are empty except for the grandmas that are still alive.”
This is a largely true statement. Western Europe has degenerated into both Hedonism and Self-Hatred. They have embraced Islamists, Satanists, Communists, etc..., and attacked Christianity and Judaism. I have a SIL that has lived in Londonistan for years now. She tells us that the vehement hatred of Traditional Values that we are seeing in the USA in the last few years has been rampant in Great Britain for many many years.
And, as this hatred of Traditional Values has spread the quality of life has deteriorated and the cost of living gets worse and worse. The middle class diminished and the disparity between the wealthy and the poor became greater and greater.
The Left then use this disparity to stoke class envy and anger. The working poor fall for this and have joined with the people responsible for the decay.
Ignorant of the facts and completely unwilling to listen to anyone pointing out the fact that the people they support are actually responsible for their problems.
MY SIL and her husband any many of their friends saw President Trump as a hopeful sign that the pendulum was swinging the other way. They were distraught when he didn’t win a 2nd term.


13 posted on 05/05/2022 6:17:43 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: Regulator

15 million muslims by 2050. Think bout what the future holds for the ‘nation of shopkeepers.


14 posted on 05/05/2022 6:47:23 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: marshmallow

I didn’t know talking about GOD is now hate speech in the UK! Is talking about Satan Love Speech?


15 posted on 05/05/2022 7:06:12 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: marshmallow

“As it was in the days of Lot”.


16 posted on 05/05/2022 7:15:24 PM PDT by chuckles
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To: ocrp1982
Many of us have historic roots that reach back to Europe ...I am just3rd generation on one side and 4th on the other.. My paternal grandparents spoke German , my maternal grandparents were 1st and 2rd generation ...I feel a kinship to Europe and the UK and have great sadness that the once bulwark of Christianity has fallen into heathen hands..
17 posted on 05/05/2022 7:39:22 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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