Haley Stevens’ New Campaign Ad Features Anti-LGBTQ Pastor

Haley Stevens’ New Campaign Ad Features Anti-LGBTQ Pastor With just days left before the Democratic primary election in the closely watched Michigan Senate race, Senate hopeful Rep. Haley Stevens released an eleventh-hour campaign advertisement featuring a pastor with a history of delivering anti-LGBTQ sermons and sharing Islamophobic posts on social media. Several scenes in the ad (x.com), paid for by Stevens’ campaign, show Bishop Christopher Martin of the Flint-based Cathedral of Faith Ministries Church of God in Christ. Martin has sparked controversy in the past for comments he made about the firing of a pastor who was allegedly gay, which were considered homophobic (flintbeat.com). “We cannot have perversion over the people,” said Martin in a video (youtube.com › watch) that surfaced (dailywire.com) in 2022, referring to homosexuality. “We are trying to love them out of what they’re in.” Create a FREE account, or log in. Registered readers of The Lever get access to a limited number of free articles every month, breaking news alerts, and our Lever Daily newsletter. SIGN UP FREE Great! Check your inbox and click the link. Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again. Already have an account? Sign in