Lady Gaga performs South Korea show amid protests

Christians pray as they call for the cancellation of a concert of U.S. pop star Lady Gaga just outside the venue for her concert in Seoul, South Korea, 27, 2012.

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(CBS News) Lady Gaga continued to face a backlash from Christian groups in South Korea as she prepared to take the stage on Friday.

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Protesters gathered Friday outside Olympic Stadium in Seoul, urging the pop star to cancel her concert, saying it's "pornographic" and promotes homosexuality.

"Some people can accept this as another culture but its impact is huge beyond art and debases religions. Even adults can't see her performance which is too homosexual and pornographic," the Rev. Yoon Jung-hoon told Reuters. He's behind the group "Civilians Network against the Lady Gaga Concert" and had said he would attend the show to "monitor" the performance for homosexual content.

Earlier in the week, Christian groups posted banners, urging that Gaga's show be canceled.

No one under 18 was allowed inside the concert venue, a directive from South Korea's government. But that didn't stop thousands of South Koreans from attending Gaga's sold-out concert. Photos show dozens of fans dressed as Gaga as they headed into the concert on Friday.

The "Born This Way" singer has been in Seoul since last week, keeping fans abreast of her activities while there via Twitter. She tweeted right before going on stage.

I can you hear you Korea. I'm shaking.

-- Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) April 27, 2012

The Seoul show is the first of many stops on Lady Gaga's Asia leg. She performs next May 2 in Hong Kong.

[jonnyooh]

Christians protesting Lady Gaga's act is about as good as advertising gets. It's like being banned in Boston. She may have hired them to protest. It should about double the size of her ticket sales.

[myoleman]

The poor Koreans are now at the receiving end of the worst in immorality America has to export. Hopefully most of them will ignore the lewdness and debauchery visiting their homeland. The Good Lord help them to stay away from evil. "Walk in the Spirit, that you may not satisfy the desires of the flesh!"

[myoleman]

The poor Koreans are now at the receiving end of the worst in immorality America has to export. Hopefully most of them will ignore the lewdness and debauchery visiting their homeland. The Good Lord help them to stay away from evil. "Walk in the Spirit, that you may not satisfy the desires of the flesh!"

[democracy8]

Yeah right, he's attending the show just to "monitor" it. Uh-huh!

[rwsmith29456]

If you don't want to see it, don't go.

[hsinco-2009]

IMO, Christianity is pornographic!