{"id":2480907,"date":"2025-08-31T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-pd-prepping-for-potential-protests-over-christian-concert-at-gas-works-park\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:58:01","slug":"seattle-pd-prepping-for-potential-protests-over-christian-concert-at-gas-works-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-pd-prepping-for-potential-protests-over-christian-concert-at-gas-works-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle PD prepping for potential protests over Christian concert at Gas Works Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseattle-pd-prepping-for-potential-protests-over-christian-concert-at-gas-works-park%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2480907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Seattle Police Department is preparing for a possibly contentious event at Gas Works Park, where Christian artist Sean Feucht will perform as part of his &#8220;Revive in &#8217;25&#8221; tour. Feucht, known for his opposition too transgender and LGBTQ+ agendas, has previously faced protests at his events. Originally planned for cal Anderson Park, a center of Seattle&#8217;s LGBTQ+ community, the concert was moved to Gas Works Park to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-disenchanted-nyc-councilman-leaves-party-over-far-left-policies\/\" title=\"Dem Disenchanted: NYC Councilman Leaves Party Over Far-Left Policies\">address public safety concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event follows recent clashes between police and counterprotesters during a similar concert at Cal Anderson Park, which resulted in multiple arrests. Critics,including Capitol Hill Pride Festival founder Charlette LeFevre,condemned the city&#8217;s decision to permit Feucht&#8217;s concert,labeling his anti-trans messaging as hate speech. Feucht and other faith leaders counter that their message is one of love and religious freedom, aiming to spark a national conversation on tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell&#8217;s office emphasized the city&#8217;s constitutional obligation to uphold free speech regardless of content, while also supporting the local LGBTQ+ community. The Seattle police Department plans to deploy its Police Outreach Engagement Team (POET) to facilitate dialog between groups and ensure safety during the event. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Seattle PD prepping for potential protests over Christian concert at Gas Works Park<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seattle<\/a> Police Department is gearing up for what it hopes will be a peaceful event Saturday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gas<\/a> Works Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/religion\/\">Christian<\/a> artist Sean Feucht, the founder of the Let Us Worship movement, is bringing his &ldquo;Revive in &rsquo;25&rdquo; tour to the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3788734\/du-quoin-state-fair-gets-50-million-senator-defends-two-state-fairs-illinois\/\">Du Quoin State Fair gets $50M as senator defends two state fairs in Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3785387\/comer-house-oversight-tempo-gop-control-washington\/\">Comer ratchets up House Oversight tempo with GOP control of Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3788735\/texas-getting-initial-800-million-state-federal-funds-rural-health-care\/\">Texas getting initial $800 million in state, federal funds for rural health care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The city of Seattle has invited us back to Gas Works Park!!! It&rsquo;s time to bring the fire again to the city! This Saturday at 5 [p.m.] at Gas Works Park!&rdquo; Feucht&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/24597349946540018\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Feucht tried to get a permit to perform at Gas Works in September 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns but was denied. He ended up moving the concert to a street&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=335663454251670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">near the park.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday&rsquo;s event was initially planned to take place in Cal Anderson Park, the heart of Seattle&rsquo;s gay community, but was instead moved to Gas Works Park.<\/p>\n<p>Feucht has pushed back on the transgender movement and LGBTQ agenda, which has inspired protests at nearly all of his events.<\/p>\n<p>Feucht announced his planned concert in Seattle days after police and counterprotesters clashed at Cal Anderson Park over Memorial Day weekend, when there was a similar concert with local Christian pastors. Twenty-three people were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/article_c172babb-f003-479d-82e2-6e269033211d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;by The Center Square, two days later, Christians gathered in front of Seattle City Hall for a concert to protest what they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-pd-prepping-for-potential-protests-over-christian-concert\/\" title=\"... for ... over ...\">called anti-faith policies<\/a> of Seattle&nbsp;Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Two counterprotesters were taken into custody after confronting an independent conservative journalist who was filming their activity. Several other protesters, some wearing gas masks, were also arrested in separate incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Charlette LeFevre, founder of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitolhillpridefestival.info\/Contact.html\">Capitol Hill Pride Festival<\/a>,&nbsp;called it &ldquo;irresponsible and offensive&rdquo; that Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle have permitted Feucht&rsquo;s concert.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s somewhat laughable because it&rsquo;s still within the city of Seattle,&rdquo; LeFevre said in a Thursday interview with The Center Square. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s ridiculous and shocking to think we&rsquo;ll just shift you to another public park because it&rsquo;s still within the city of Seattle. Let&rsquo;s face it &hellip; the LGBTQ community is all over. Not only the city, but this nation, and to sit there and say it makes it OK now to put it in another city park&hellip; It&rsquo;s a little bit insulting to the LGBTQAI community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>LeFevre suggested that what he considers Feucht&rsquo;s anti-trans message amounts to hate speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anywhere to me within the city, within the county, within the state, within the U.S., where you have a person here who is spewing hate speech,&rdquo; LeFevre said. &ldquo;When he&rsquo;s out there defaming and demonizing the gay community, that&rsquo;s not right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Feucht and other faith leaders say their message is about love, not hate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;God is using this to provoke a nationwide conversation about religious freedom and just testing how tolerant these tolerant people are,&rdquo; Feucht said in a recent Christian Broadcasting Network&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Sean+Feucht+pushes+back+on+gay+agenda&amp;sca_esv=891da91e6bf70514&amp;rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1088US1088&amp;ei=Dg-yaInsF8ac0PEPuZKzkQE&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiJq_Wx77CPAxVGDjQIHTnJLBIQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Sean+Feucht+pushes+back+on+gay+agenda&amp;gs_lp=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&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:34bba57e,vid:SkqZyYUT5w0,st:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Center Square contacted the SPD on Friday to find out how it is preparing for Saturday&rsquo;s event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Seattle Police Department will respond to criminal behavior, including acts of violence and significant property damage, while enforcing city and state law.&nbsp;We will be utilizing POET officers as the main form of communication between any groups that show up. See our website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/police\/community-policing\/poet\">The Seattle Police Department Police Outreach Engagement Team (POET)<\/a>,&rdquo; Det. Eric Munoz, SPD public information officer, said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>According to SPD, the goal for planned or unplanned demonstrations is &ldquo;to have members of the SPD Police Outreach Engagement Team (POET) talk with organizers and ensure people can safely and effectively exercise their First Amendment rights. Members of POET wear special uniforms specifically labeled &ldquo;POET.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The POET officers are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >commissioned officers carrying department-issued handguns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3492311\/washington-state-gerrymandering-redistricting-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WASHINGTON STATE A BYSTANDER IN GERRYMANDER TUG-OF-WAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from Harrell&rsquo;s office emailed a statement about its decision to permit the event at Gas Works Park.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. Constitution requires Seattle Parks and Recreation and the city of Seattle to allow the expression of free speech regardless of the content of the speech,&rdquo; the email said. &ldquo;Under the First Amendment, the city cannot decline a permit based on the anticipated message of the event or views of the organizers. At the same time, the city strongly celebrates and supports the LGBTQ+ community. Mayor Harrell and Councilmember Hollingsworth&rsquo;s request to the organizers to move from Cal Anderson Park and Capitol Hill to another location was based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-republicans-flip-mayoral-seat-in-city-that-voted-democrat-since-2005\/\" title=\"New Hampshire: Republicans Flip Mayoral Seat in City that Voted Democrat Since 2005\">maintaining public safety<\/a>. We will continue working with LGBTQ+ residents and organizations to uplift our community and create a welcoming, inclusive city for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle PD prepares for protests at Christian concert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2480908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seattle-washington-skyline-bright.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[62315,62347,3967,3970,7035],"class_list":["post-2480907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-christian-concert","tag-gas-works-park","tag-police","tag-protests","tag-seattle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/seattle-washington-skyline-bright.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480911,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480907\/revisions\/2480911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}