Steven Anderson, who runs Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, was due to preach in Dublin on May 26, according to his website. A vocal critic of former President Obama, his website includes a 2009 sermon named 'Why I Hate Barack Obama.'
Steven Anderson, who runs Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, was due to preach in Dublin on May 26, according to his website.However his scheduled appearance sparked controversy and an online petition calling for a ban gathered 14,150 signatures.Irish Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan barred Anderson from the country using an exclusion order under the Immigration Act 1999 on May 10.
Anti-gay pastor banned from entering South Africa 01:03Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church is listed as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit US legal advocacy organization. He has expressed support for the 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which 49 people were killed."We believe that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination which God punishes with the death penalty," reads a statement on the church website.
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