A mayor in Alabama, US, has implored the public to ‘kill’ gay people in a disturbing and since deleted Facebook post.

Mark Chambers, the mayor of Carbon Hill, posted on Friday (31 May) before deleting and apologizing for the comments.

Many LGBTI rights groups have called for the mayor to step down, but he has shown no sign of budging.

What did the mayor say?

Chambers has been mayor of the small patch of the state since 2014.

In a reportedly all upper-case post, he said: ‘We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals. Transvestites lecture us on human biology.

‘Baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.’

When Facebook followers commented in agreement, Chambers chipped in with a rather troublesome suggestion.

When asked how the people can change this world, the mayor replied: ‘The only way to change it would be to kill them [LGBTI people] out.

‘I know it’s bad to say, but without killing them out, there’s no way to fix it.’

Mayor denies writing the post

A reporter for the local news station WBRC contacted Chambers on Monday. He initially denied writing the post, and when the reporter asked if he would be willing to meet in person, he declined and then hung up. According to NY Daily News, the mayor rung the reporter back up a few minutes later. He acknowledged the post, but users took it out of context. Chambers intended the message to be private.