As I watched the debate unfold around Christian singer/MAGA influencer Sean Feucht, whose Canadian tour included last week’s stop in Montreal, I found myself growing increasingly tired of the hypocrisy it triggered. On all sides.

I don’t support Feucht’s anti-abortion, anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ2 beliefs. His Christian nationalism is fundamentally far-right politics wrapped up in religion. Feucht is also a hypocrite. You can’t support Trump’s inhumane policies when it comes to immigration, say, and be a genuine Christian. The two are incompatible.

Feucht’s views on abortion and gender identity may be reprehensible to me, but he’s allowed to have them. While Canada has laws against hate speech and incitement to violence, freedom of expression is enshrined in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, even if such rights are not absolute. Many folks ascribe to similar beliefs here at home, and last I checked, they’re not being silenced.

I also saw no reason for the Plante administration to refuse him a permit because Feucht’s........

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