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A BAGPIPE playing student drowned out a homophobic bigot who compared being gay to bestiality in megaphone rant.

Brave Brice Ehmig confronted the preacher who was wearing a "Jesus saves from hell" T-shirt on the campus at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, USA, on Friday August 19.

Despite the preacher's best efforts to have his voice heard, the fourth year student follows him around continuing to play the loud Scottish music.

As the video ends, applause and cheering can be heard from out of shot as Brice calls her girlfriend over. Brice, originally from Dunedin, Florida, said: "I have seen too much tragedy in the LGBTQ community to let a man in cargo pants tell me I am the embodiment of sin.

"I am a gay bagpiper and I'm proud.

"I decided since this is my last year at university that I should do things that make me feel brave.

"After years of dealing with the homophobic comments aimed at me by the preacher, I felt I needed to stand up against these false prophets spewing bigotry."I have fought hard for my rights."

As Brice approaches the "preacher" you can hear him over the sound of the bagpipes ask: "Why are you doing this - do you not like the message?"

While the megaphone man attempts to walk away so his voice can be heard, another man - wearing a "Porn leads to hell" shirt - hands her a leaflet.

Brice said: "I began to play him a classic tune of spiritual rejuvenation and wholesome melancholy in 'Amazing Grace'.

"I could see in his eyes and the tense veins in his face and neck that he was enraged by my presence. So after four minutes I did give him some space for a little bit.

"Then he started going on more about homosexuality, and earned my relentless playing even more so.

"I then called over my girlfriend and gave her a big kiss right in front of the "preacher" and group of people watching."Brice - who has been playing the bagpipes for 10 years - claims that the "preacher" was condemning homosexuality by comparing it to bestiality.

Brice said: "He was targeting me in particular due to our prior interactions in which he would yell at me as I held hands with my girlfriend.

"Very few subjects are safe from his preaching. In the past I have heard him say 'if you wear shorts like that you are asking to be raped', 'porn leads to hell', and 'If you study the sciences you are going against God'.

"These preachers have been on campus every year that I have been here at the University and they have all been part of the same group.They post videos on YouTube, which primarily record hostile situations, law enforcement interactions and close calls with angered citizens.

"If their intent was to educate the public with the peace and love of real religion, they would not need to record and post mostly the bad interactions they had.

"Their intent is clearly to catch people losing control as they target them, and they want everyone to believe that they are the victims."