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Parks Canada Revokes MAGA Musician Sean Fuecht's Permit for Nova Scotia Historic Site Concert
The organization rescinded the permit’s approval, citing “evolving safety and security considerations.” The show, however, will go on elsewhere.
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A U.S. singer and known MAGA movement figure will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after Parks Canada revoked the performer’s permit — but the show is set to go on at a new venue tonight (July 23).
American Christian artist and missionary Sean Feucht was slated to begin his Revive 25 Canadian tour at Nova Scotia’s York Redoubt National Historic Site, a fortification constructed in 1793 to protect the port city.
In a Tuesday night (July 22) news release, Parks Canada said they had notified the organizer that the permit had been revoked.
“Due to evolving safety and security considerations based on confirmation of planned protests, input from law enforcement, and the security challenges with the configuration of York Redoubt, Parks Canada has reassessed the conditions of the permit and potential impacts to community members, visitors, concert attendees and event organizers,” they shared in the statement.
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This decision came after local residents raised concerns about the performance, which they argued went against Parks Canada's guiding principles of inclusion and safety for all visitors. Some citizens had planned to stage a protest at the concert.
Feucht unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 2020 and has spoken out against abortion rights, "critical race theory" and the 2SLGBTQ+ community on his website.
Additionally, he hosted worship concerts to protest COVID-19 restrictions and had previously visited the White House for a faith briefing.
On Wednesday morning, Feucht posted a video in response to Parks Canada’s choice to revoke the permit, alleging the decision was anti-Christian and intolerant. “The show is going on, baby. God is with us,” he said.
He continued: "This is not the hour to cower. This is not the hour to bow down to the mob. No, we need to rise up. And so tonight, we are going to gather.”
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The concert is set to take place at 338 Crombe Rd. in Shubenacadie, Nova So., a rural area about 60 kilometres north of Halifax. The address is associated with Lighthouse Ministries, a local religious group.
Before the announcement, the event page said the show would proceed at a "new location that's even better than the old one," and asked people to send a direct message for the venue.
Feucht is scheduled to play in Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Moncton, N.B., on Thursday — the latter of which has expressed disinterest in hosting the Christian performer.
Groups in New Brunswick have spoken out in hopes of cancelling the July 24 concert date, which is scheduled for Moncton Riverfront Park.
Multiple organizations, including New Brunswick Feminist Group, Alter Acadie New Brunswick, and River of Pride, signed an open letter and petition that was sent to the City of Moncton, councillors.
The Minister of St. Paul’s United Church – Riverview, David-Roger Gagnon, sent a letter to Moncton City Council asking for the concert to be cancelled.
In the letter, shared with Global News, Gagnon said he wanted to condemn Feucht’s messages. “The values Sean Feucht promotes are not, in our view, Christian values, but, rather, an example of using religion as a vehicle to promote hatred and intolerance in the name of the Holy One.”
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