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Christian hate preacher calls for execution of ‘every single homosexual’: ‘This is what God says’

Extremist Christian hate preacher Dillon Awes has declared that every gay person in America “should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head”.

The comments were made during Pride Month by Dillon Awes of Stedfast Baptist Church, a Texas-based, anti-vax, racist, transphobic and homophobic church, which has created several documentaries including titles like The Sodomite Deception and AIDS: The Judgment of God.

The church is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In his 5 June sermon titled “Why We Won’t Shut Up”, Awes said: “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?

“That they are worthy of death! These people should be put to death!

“Every single homosexual in our country should be charged with the crime, the abomination of homosexuality, that they have. 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’s what God teaches.

“That’s what the Bible says. You don’t like it? You don’t like God’s Word, because that is what God says.”

After describing gay people as “full of murder”, the hate preacher was sure to clarify that saying they should be shot in the head was not advocating for murder.

“If you think that is murder, you don’t even understand what murder is,” he told the congregation.

“Being put to death by the government is not murder. It’s called capital punishment.”

Awes spewed hate for over an hour and throughout his sermon he said that “all homosexuals are paedophiles”, and that gay people were “filthy”, “sick”, “disgusting”, “f****ts” and “animals” that should be “destroyed”.

In that time he also claimed that LGBTQ+ people wanted to murder Christians, and that “sodomites” are responsible for, and celebrate, school shootings, and that letting a same-sex couple adopt a child is like “giving meat to predators”.

Despite insisting LGBTQ+ folk will “cancel” anyone who preaches the “gospel”, at the time of writing, Awes’ full sermon is still live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.

All three platforms have been approached for comment by PinkNews.

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Amber Heard says ‘women’s rights are moving backwards’ after Johnny Depp’s celebratory TikTok

Amber Heard has blasted Johnny Depp’s celebratory TikTok following the pair’s defamation trial verdict, insisting he is increasing fear among victims of domestic abuse.

The trial concluded on 1 June and saw the seven-person jury mostly side with Depp in his defamation lawsuit against Heard over a 2018 op-ed in which she discussed being a victim of abuse. However, the the court also ruled in favour of one claim in Heard’s countersuit against Depp.

Depp was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages, while Heard was awarded $2 million.

Following the culmination of the trial, Depp decided the time was right to join TikTok and on Tuesday (7 June), he posted his first video.

Depp’s first TikTok is a montage of himself playing guitar and typing on a typewriter, interspersed with clips of screaming fans, overlaid with a retro filter and set to reggae, painting him as some sort of born-in-the-wrong-era rock star.

In the caption, he wrote: “To all of my most treasured, loyal and unwavering supporters. We’ve been everywhere together, we have seen everything together.

“We have walked the same road together. We did the right thing together, all because you cared. And now, we will all move forward together.

“You are, as always, my employers and once again I am whittled down to no way to say thank you, other than just by saying thank you. So, thank you. My love and respect, JD.”

@johnnydeppTo all of my most treasured, loyal and unwavering supporters. We’ve been everywhere together, we have seen everything together. We have walked the same road together. We did the right thing together, all because you cared. And now, we will all move forward together. You are, as always, my employers and once again I am whittled down to no way to say thank you, other than just by saying thank you. So, thank you. My love & respect, JD♬ Stranger – Love Joys

But Heard hit back at the Depp’s TikTok debut, with her spokesperson saying: “As Johnny Depp says he’s ‘moving forward’, women’s rights are moving backward.

“The verdict’s message to victims of domestic violence is… be afraid to stand up and speak out.”

Amber Heard left ‘heartbroken’ by verdict and plans to appeal

When the jury reached its verdict in the Depp v Heard trial, Amber Heard released a statement in which she said she felt disappointment “beyond words”.

“I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence and sway of my ex-husband,” she wrote.

“I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke up could be publicly shamed and humiliated.

“It sets back the idea that violence against women should be taken seriously.”

Her spokesperson also told The New York Times that Heard planned to appeal the verdict.

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