Franklin Graham

=== UK tour 2020 and 2022 ===
All venues booked for Franklin Graham's planned eight-city 2020 UK tour cancelled his booking after protests by LGBTQ+ activists, petitions and requests from local councils. Mayor of [[Liverpool]], [[Joe Anderson (politician)|Joe Anderson]], stated Liverpool is proud of its LGBT+ community and would challenge hatred and intolerance.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/franklin-graham-uk-tour-anti-lgbt-islam-trump-evangelist-a9322786.html Pro-Trump US preacher dropped by tour venues after outcry over homophobic comments] ''[[The Independent]]''</ref>  Graham's organisation said it would seek other venues.  Many opponents said statements Graham had made were incompatible with their values, and that his appearance would be divisive, could be disruptive, or lead to a breach of the peace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/us-preacher-franklin-graham-will-try-to-reverse-uk-tour-cancellations|title=US preacher Franklin Graham tries to reverse UK tour cancellations|date=February 7, 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-51255414|title=Liverpool venue cancels Franklin Graham event|date=January 26, 2020|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=February 9, 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref> After threatening legal action for breach of contract and giving assurances to venues that his preaching would not be discriminatory, Graham's tour was rescheduled for mid-2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Franklin Graham announces UK tour after 'promising venues not to discriminate' |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/11/17/franklin-graham-uk-tour/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=PinkNews |language=en-GB}}</ref>