07/10/2025
A fundamentalist church in Indianapolis is defending a June 29 sermon in which a lay preacher urged congregants to pray for LGBTQ people to die and suggested they kill themselves.
The remarks, delivered by Stephen Falco during a “Men’s Preaching Night” at Sure Foundation Baptist Church, included multiple homophobic slurs, biblical references, and rants against Pride Month, LGBTQ rights, and what he called “disgusting” and “evil” behavior, according to The Indianapolis Star.
“Why do I hate sodomites, why do I hate f****ts? Because they attack children,” Falco ranted in the sermon, video of which was posted to Sure Foundation Baptist Church’s YouTube channel. “They’re coming after your children, they are attacking them in schools today, and not only schools, in public places, and they’re proud about it!
“There’s nothing good to be proud about being a f****t,” Falco continued. “You ought to blow yourself in the head in the back of the head. You’re so disgusting.” He characterized LGBTQ people as a threat to children, implying they are pedophiles or seek to “groom” them.
A church in Indiana defended a sermon calling for LGBTQ people to die by su***de or ex*****on, insisting the message reflects God’s word.