Anti-LGBT group opens conference with rainbow flag interpretive dance

Well that's... unexpected.

This video of a man interpretive dancing with colourful flags is going viral right now and the reason why is brilliant.

The fellow you're seeing twirling around right now is Derek Paul.

Paul was asked to perform at Christian group Teens 4 Truth's conference in Fort Worth, Texas, last week.

The title of the conference was Countering the LGBT Agenda.

So you wouldn't expect whatever happened at the event to be labelled as "the gayest thing we've ever seen", but that's exactly how it has panned out:

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Yeah, we don't really think that’s what host David Pickup had hoped the outcome would be when he introduced Paul to the stage.

"Derek Paul is going to lead us in… I don't know what he's doing actually," he said.

"I haven't heard it yet but it may be a pretty… pretty neat thing to do to kick off today.

He called it a "song thing".

"Whatever that means, Derek, great come on up and do it."

And this, this is what that Derek did.

[Via Facebook/MassResistance]

This glorious performance comes to you from a one-and-a-half Facebook live video of the beginning of the event posted to the MassResistance Facebook page on Sunday.

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It didn't take long for the performance to go viral, with the clip being reposted around all corners of the web.

One version of the video, uploaded to the mediamatters4america YouTube channel, has clocked up more than 250,000 views since Tuesday.

It really got people talking:

For the record, Paul said on Facebook that his "worship flagging" dance was "was well received by all in attendance, even those with more liberal leanings".

"I hope my flagging continues to encourage all of my friends and family as we seek to worship the Lord with all our strength and dance before the Lord with all our might."