How people in Leek, Staffordshire, are responding to street preachers they say are offensive.
The choruses of Highway to Hell, YMCA and Pink's I'm Coming Out echo around the quaint Staffordshire market town of Leek each week.
He posted on a local Facebook page saying he would invite people to share a coffee with him while he played music over the preachers in protest.Dozens of people have pitched in with song suggestions and praised him for his mission. His group were often accused of being hate preachers, he says, but he insists they are not "coming from there" and were "coming with the love of God".Georgina Arapi says customers at her cafe have commented on the preachers
She says: "I've been with my partner and because I am gay they have come full bore at me saying 'it's against God's will, you're a sin of nature and you shouldn't be here'. It's horrific."She now avoids the town centre on days the preachers are there.
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