Pastor Says 'Solution' to Gay People Is Executions: It's in the Bible
said. "You don't like it? You don't like God's word, because that is what God says."In a statement sent to Newsweek, the church's main pastor Johnathan Shelley said that Awes, who preaches when Shelley is out of town, was referring to Leviticus 20:13, which reads: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."Shelley said that even though homosexuality is no longer illegal in the state of Texas, "The Bible teaches that God's laws have not changed on this issue.""The Bible also teaches Christians should not kill, murder, or take the law into their own hands," he said. "Therefore it is the civil government's authority to punish criminals.
This is not murder but capital punishment.""The state of Texas still has the death penalty for many crimes, and this is not advocating murder," he added.On Sunday, Christian hate-preacher Dillon Awes said that the government should execute every gay person.
All of them."They should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head! That's what God teaches. That's what the Bible says." pic.twitter.com/rMzF3BHSNFIn his Sunday sermon, which took place during the first week of Pride month, Awes alleged that all gay people are pedophiles and that all child molesters are gay.
He argued that it is for that reason they should all be killed."I'm not saying that every single homosexual that's alive right now has committed that act with the child already," Awes said. "Because it could be that they haven't had the opportunity yet, and they will at some point later in their life.
