Calls to cancel concerts risk elevating U.S. Christian singer into MAGA martyr, say advocates

Several Conservative MPs have taken to social media to offer solidarity and condemn what they view as 'government censorship' and violations of Charter rights.

Sean Feucht, centre, poses with members of his security detail, including members of the Proud Boys, ahead of a 2021 'Let Us Worship' concert in Portland, Ore., on the first anniversary of a series of concerts he organized across the United States to defy public health restrictions and protest COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.Photograph courtesy of X

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BY STUART BENSON

August 6, 2025

As the political backlash—and the backlash to the backlash—over a MAGA-affiliated Christian singer’s tour of Eastern Canada begins to roil the West Coast ahead of his return later this month, civil rights and LGBTQ advocates are warning that attempts to cancel his perf...

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