Dag Heward-Mills' anti-gay sermon sparks Twitter war

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January 23, 2017 7:07 PM

Same sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since 2006 and one of the country's well known personalities, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is a supporter of gay rights and one of his daughters is married to a woman.

A recent sermon by Ghanaian preacher Dag Heward-Mills has sparked a Twitter war about the Christian doctrine on homosexuality.

The founder and presiding bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International, Dag Heward-Mills, caused controversy in South Africa with a sermon critical of homosexuality.

In a sermon at the Grace Bible Church in Soweto, the preacher described homosexuality as unnatural and in contravention of biblical teaching.

The sermon had largely gone unchallenged until Somizi Mhlongo, a popular choreographer in South Africa, walked out of the service and took to Instagram to criticise the sermon.

In a video posted on Instagram, Somizi Mhlongo, said he was disappointed in the service and at all the gay people in the church who sat down to listen.

“This is who I am. I am a gay man… I am proud and I am gonna remain gay for the rest of my life. Let God kill me,” he said.

South African Twitter has been divided about the preaching and the actions of the choreographer.

Below are a sample of tweets in support of Somizi and Dag Heward-Mills.

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