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Joe Marusak

Scottish judge fines venue for barring ‘contentious American evangelist’ Franklin Graham

Evangelist Franklin Graham scored another freedom-of-religion win across the pond this week.

A judge in Glasgow, Scotland, slapped a $111,000 verdict against a city-owned venue for canceling a Graham outreach event planned as part of his 2020 tour of the United Kingdom.

The venue discriminated against the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association because of Graham’s religious beliefs, Sheriff John McCormick ruled Monday, according to a copy of the verdict obtained by The Charlotte Observer. Judges in Scotland are referred to as sheriffs.

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