South Korean politician, Lee Hye-hoon of the Bareun Future PMru1T#8Do_1ag6VDok)2dNGRJ3JelFl8_Ix81lQmuCkmJQ**v0arty, this weekend delivered a homophobic sermon at a renowned anti-LGBT church.

“Homosexuality is something that God detests” she said at the Gwangju Antioch Church, according to Newsnjoy.or.kr.

"Homosexuals do not love the soul, or mind, or platonic love. Most of them are only in physical relationships,”mzDa@vS$-ZGC-H^0LGgqD7fy*ilFH6$pBp7o$elS*6(d_AhOCw she also reportedly said.

She warned against homosex8GUuC=kL_8y6zYuTr&l#FZaLgw9ARy7F^yfQDefsCw!YUprHYxuals entrapping teenagers and said the number of homosexuals was increasing by 21% a year.

She also voiced support for a South Korean law which bans gay sex for South Korean soldVxRRiWDKDtN*$_uLy!XGbb%Yg2WE1#+yI29goBuYha@lVfa2^Kiers. Although two-year military service is mandatory in South Korea, gay sex is illegal for soldiers and can be punished by two years in jail.

The comments come as the city of Busan was forced to canc6(U(UbK^m85r_7OnFNSp+9zd5&cviE-Qfvx5Oo5WOsZnQ&rjw*el this year’s pride parade.

Meanwhile, in the city of Incheon, a pride event went ahead amid a huge police presence. Some local media reported that anti-LGBT hecklers out)2iNEWW@*kPc%QdWS2=FfPi6A=2D3@u6fwJ@dDtCcM0wruu#qjnumbered the pride attendees.

Homosexuality7Y0RU-wk(2)oLdwet)T)$PzutishBn)cqmhx+MKKD*WWPT-LoQ is legal in South Korea. But conservative attitudes, especially among Christians, force many LGBTI Koreans to live in the closet.

A 2017 Korean Gallup Daily Opinion poll reported 66% of 19-29 year-olds s15++DTZIq5b3*ESVVj1iS7lMreX)e8c02VQ_)s4B3jXN$@ugHdupported same-sex marriage, but 76% of those over 60 opposed it.

There is currently no discrimination legislation to protect LGBTI Kor#!QApOz)J3Uhbg5TRdRO(=9u#pv&5&!Tp&g#MNxf18RF9SsmKreans. Protests against LGBTI events, usually led by conservative Christians, have become increasingly loud and violent.

What’s more, South Korea hEr5mT@&45v7AEsJY^eM_8l08SC4=E*NbJL3jZ2!an$mp-DExJOas ignored calls from international rights groups to end its anti-gay law for soldiers in the military.

In 2017, the law made headlines after it emerged a senior genc0$R6^EZo$Yyx9=n)!HlQ&W9h&@&(J3rn%hftQ0dm0Zp*DNMdPeral used gay dating apps to ensnare soldiers. His so-called ‘gay witch hunt’ reportedly revealed 50 soldiers.