A verbal fight broke out in the small town of Yackandandah yesterday after three men began preaching against homosexuality.

The preachers were of the same group as the man who harassed Buddha Shop owner Andy Stevens last week.

They yelled to the hundreds of people, including children, that sinners were going to “burn in hell” and made references to the Bible.

Gary Hayward, Mr Stevens’ partner, was visibly distressed by the turn of events.

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The community originally joined in the town’s main street to create love hearts with their hands to show their desire for equality and acceptance for the pair.

And despite the preachers “wrecking” the event, the community united with their hearts and left the intruders to stand alone.

“After the abuse last week this day was to show our peace and kindness,” Mr Hayward said.

“I have never experienced hatred like this before.

“It’s called terrorism.”

Many people in support of Mr Stevens and Mr Hayward yelled at the preachers to “get a life”, with Albury councillor Ross Jackson even shouting for them to stop.

God’s Squad bikies came to back Mr Hayward and Mr Stevens and stood up to the preachers and told them they gave Christians a bad name.

Albury’s Father Peter MacLeod-Miller also attended the event, where preachers accused him of “religious hypocrisy” and being a “false prophet”.

Father MacLeod-Miller said they were “fundamentalists” who were disturbing the peace of people.

“They don’t represent Christianity and it suffers in the same way as Islam,” he said.

“We don’t want Christianity to be branded by the nuts who wave the flag, or in this case the person using the Bible.”

Preacher David Sester, from a non-denominational group of born-again Christians near Wollongong, said they were in Yackandandah as part of a mission trip to spread the gospel.

“This is what the scripture says,” Mr Sester said of his preaching.

“It’s not my judgment, we’re not here to judge, but speak the words of Christ, who is the judge.

“The Bible says you shall speak my words to them whether they listen or not.”

The preaching lasted for more than an hour before police managed to move the angry crowd along.