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A Texas church has come under fire after a pastor said gay people should be ‘lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head’ during a Sunday morning sermon.
Pastor Dillon Awes of Stedfast Baptist Church in Watauga, Texas, made the comment along with other controversial remarks during a sermon titled ‘Why We Won’t Shut Up.’
‘I’m angry this morning because our entire country is celebrating the worse sin in the Bible,’ Awes said, referencing Pride Month, which recognizes the LBGTQ+ community each June.
‘What does God say is the answer, is the solution, for the homosexual in 2022, here in the New Testament, here in the Book of Romans?’ Awes said. ‘That they are worthy of death! These people should be put to death!’
At certain points his words were met with cheers from the room, even when he said that homosexuality should be met with the death penalty.
‘Every single homosexual in our country should be charged with the crime, the abomination of homosexuality, that they have,’ he continued. ‘They should be convicted in a lawful trial. They should be sentenced with death.’
‘They should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head. That is what God teaches,’ Awes said.