The Metropolis of Abbotsford in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley says it is not going to subject a allow for a live performance by Sean Feucht, changing into the newest Canadian cancellation for the American Christian musician who’s outspoken within the Make America Nice Once more motion.
The town mentioned in a press release that the allow for a proposed Aug. 24 present at Mill Lake Park is being denied due to the potential for protesters and counter-protesters.
BC Conservative legislator Heather Maahs, who represents Chilliwack North, says on social media platform X that Abbotsford’s choice “undermines the ideas of an open, democratic society.”
Maahs says the cancellation raises “severe considerations” about freedom of expression, faith and peaceable meeting.
Feucht ran unsuccessfully as a Republican candidate for Congress in 2020 and has been criticized for remarks on the LGBTQ+ neighborhood and abortion.
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Six of his concert events in Central and Japanese Canada had been cancelled final week.
“Given the latest publicity surrounding the proposed occasion, the town believes that the occasion may doubtlessly appeal to important numbers of protesters and counter-protesters along with attendees,” the Metropolis of Abbotsford says within the assertion.
“These components, amongst others, make the neighborhood security issues of the proposed occasion extraordinarily troublesome to mitigate, and the town discovered that no allow circumstances may adequately deal with the potential dangers to the general public.”
Feucht criticized the cancellation on X.
“You may now not name Abbotsford the ‘Bible Belt’ of B.C. once they cancel outside worship to Jesus,” Feucht says within the put up.
Feucht can also be as a result of play in West Kelowna on Aug. 23, and the town mentioned earlier this week that it was reviewing security and safety plans for the non-public reserving and there have been “elevated considerations” concerning the live performance.
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