‘Civil liberties are not a license for intolerant behaviour that limits the freedoms of others'
An anti-gay preacher has been banned from entering most of Europe, Dutch officials have confirmed.
LGBTI campaigners, Dutch MPs and Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, called on the government to block the preacher’s entry ahead of his European tour, which included events in Ireland and Sweden. In a statement issued to Dutch parliament on Wednesday, Harbers said: ‘There is no place in a democratic nation like ours for discrimination, incitement to hatred or intolerance and violence on any grounds.‘Civil liberties are not a license for intolerant behaviour that limits the freedoms of others.‘The government is committed to taking strong action against extremist speakers who, by spreading their beliefs restrict the freedoms of others or incite people to hatred or violence.
On its website, a doctrinal statement says: ‘We believe that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination which God punishes with the death penalty.’He has previously said in a 2014 sermon that the world would be cured of AIDS within months if ‘homos’ were stoned to death, reported Pink News.
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