A notorious anti-gay preacher who celebrated the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre has been prohibited from entering Ireland.
Pastor Steven Anderson leaves the Botswana Department of immigration after Botswana authorities issued a deportation order on Sept. 20, 2016 in Gaborone.Steven Anderson, a notorious anti-gay preacher who celebrated the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre, has been prohibited from entering Ireland. It’s the first time the country has ever used its 1999 Immigration Act to ban a foreigner.
“I have signed the exclusion order under my executive powers in the interests of public policy," Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan told NBC News in an emailed statement. Anderson, 37, had planned to travel to the capital, Dublin, to preach on May 26. He was said to be invited by Stuart Houston, a Baptist preacher from Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.to deny him entry. The petition, which catalogued Anderson's long list of"hate comments," claimed victory after receiving more than 14,000 signatures.
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