A more thorough explanation:

A faggot is a historical term with two meanings:

1. A piece of firewood used to burn a heretic alive.
2. An embroidered figure of a faggot, required to be worn by heretics who had recanted.

During the Spanish Inquisition, heretics were often burned at the stake with faggots as fuel for the fire.

After recanting their heretical beliefs, some individuals were required to wear a faggot emblem on their clothing as a symbol of their past transgressions.

These examples illustrate the historical use of the term faggot in relation to religious persecution and punishment.