Franklin Graham banned from speaking in UK for opposing homosexuality
Evangelist Franklin Graham has been banned from delivering sermons by all seven venues on his upcoming tour of the United Kingdom.
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BGEA Responds as More UK Venues Cancel Franklin Graham: ‘We are Pursuing Actions Based on Religious Discrimination’
After facing discrimination in the UK because of his biblical beliefs, a spokesman for Franklin Graham tells CBN News they have decided to fight in court for their religious rights there.
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Franklin Graham says he’s still ‘looking forward’ to preaching the Gospel in the UK despite multiple cancellations
Franklin Graham is determined to press ahead with his UK preaching tour this summer despite multiple venues pulling out.
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Trump administration rolls out new sanctions over Russian occupation of Crimea
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Impeachment defense, Day Two: The Bolton brouhaha
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Team Trump puts Hunter Biden, Obama on trial
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Another Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps leader killed in Iran
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Researchers capture footage of atoms bonding and separating for the first time
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Senate blocks Democrats’ pretrial demand for Trump documents
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US and Britain to ‘reduce troops’ in Iraq under plan to defuse regional tensions
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Israel, United Kingdom building ‘new strategic relationship’
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Russia Supports Iran Joining Moscow-Beijing Security Bloc
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Key Players Squabble Over Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Key players in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump and his defense argued sharply Sunday whether his efforts to get Ukraine to launch investigations to benefit him politically were impeachable offenses that warranted his removal from office.
LGBTQ+ campaigners want Franklin Graham’s UK tour cancelled
LGBTQ+ activists in Sheffield are trying to have Franklin Graham’s upcoming UK tour canceled.
Christian activist taken by regime during protests in Iran
Authorities in Iran arrested a Christian woman who converted from Islam during protests last week against the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, though it is still not known whether she had any involvement with the demonstrations.