Nearly 30,000 people flocked to SUNY-Binghamton over the weekend for Franklin Graham’s three-day NYPENN festival, despite complaints from student groups:

Graham drew protests from a few BU organizations, faculty and students who urged the school’s administration to withdraw Graham’s contract. A letter to the administration from the groups claimed the event contradicts the Student Handbook’s provision against bias-related activities, as well as a disregard for diversity.

In fact, the event stunned the upstate New York college-town, as Graham managed to preach the gospel without, as Crusade Against Hate predicted, inciting violence towards the neighboring Binghamton Gay Pride Palooza.