Members of the LGBTQ+ community protested outside Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Indianapolis after a sermon contained homophobic language encouraging violence and suicide against gay people. Preacher Stephen Falco called for prayers for gay people's deaths, while another member suggested brutal actions against them. The church's preacher refused to apologize for these comments, asserting he was simply preaching God's word. Protest organizer Cass Jackson emphasized the event aimed to hold bigotry accountable rather than change church members' minds, highlighting the negativity preached by the church as reflective of their own unhappiness.
Stephen Falco said: "You ought to blow yourself in the back of the head. You're so disgusting." He suggested prayers for gay people should be for their deaths, plain and simple.
Wade Rawley stated LGBTQ+ people should be "beaten and stomped in the mud" and then "take a gun and blow the back of their heads off."
Preacher Justin Zhong of Sure Foundation Baptist Church refused to condemn the comments, stating he would "not apologise for preaching the word of God."
Protest organizer Cass Jackson stated the protest was about holding bigotry accountable, claiming those who preach hate are often joyless and indoctrinated.
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