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May 27, 2007 Quickie Link: Gay British Pianist Banned In Hanoi
By vanrozenheim

(UK) - British concert pianist Stephen Hugh will not perform in Vietnam because officials there were concerned about his writings on religion and homosexuality. Alcoholic beverage company Hennessy withdrew its invitation for to the award-winning musician to play in Hanoi after Vietnamese authorities refused to grant the event a license because they thought it would be a security risk, The Telegraph reported Saturday. It is believed an official from Vietnam's Ministry of Culture looked at Hough's Web site and saw an article he wrote for a religious magazine, The Tablet, in which he criticized the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.



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