Ann Arbor, Michigan – Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet, who has demonstrated her pro-LGBT stance social-media posts Swayam in the pride parade, taking part in the vote-out on Monday rally was organized By a bishop who has come under fire for his anti-gay comments.
Michigan state senator McDonald Rivet, who is vying for a congressional seat, is the program’s “special guest” featuring Pentecostal Bishop Christopher E. Martin. aimed at The Black community is encouraging attendees to vote Democratic
martin was rejected Hurley’s appointment to the Board of Hospital Managers resurfaced after a sermon in February in which he made anti-gay remarks.
“Some of the pastors you’re all listening to are gay,” Martin said In the sermon. “They fired one from a church here just the other day. I said they should never have hired him. he’s gay. They should have voted him out. He has been gay. He was gay when they hired him. When y’all fired him he was gay.”
“The man you have to be a pastor must be married to a woman. There must be a first lady somewhere. If not, they may have the first gentleman,” he said in the same sermon. “We cannot have a distorted attitude towards people.”
Martin’s influence in the Flint, Michigan area has led to prominent Democrats turning to him for political support despite his anti-gay statements.
In Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, which is hotly contested, McDonald Rivette appears willing to take the PR risk of teaming up with Martin to garner more support among black voters, as polls show him trailing his Republican opponent Paul Junge. Are in tough competition with each other. ,
She is not the first prominent Democratic Michigander to appear alongside a controversial bishop. In 2022, Dan Kildee, the current representative of the 8th district rallied with martin One week before his re-election. Even Vice President Kamala Harris met him during her visit to Flint this month.
In June, Democrat-appointed Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden also Joined the Bishop at a community eventDespite presenting herself as an LGBT ally Previous interview.
MacDonald Rivet’s appearance with Martin is equally ironic as he praised her efforts to provide “anti-discrimination protections for #LGBTQ+ individuals” on X.
Public opposition to Macdonald Rivet Homophobia is a stark contrast to Martin’s previous comments. In the revival sermon, Martin declared the pastors must “Love” your parishioners because of homosexuality.
“How do you preach to them and how did you get it (homosexuality)?” Martin said. “We’re trying to get people out of the situation they’re in. We’re trying to love them for what they’re in. If you’re in it, you can’t love someone out of it. You’re going to live in it. And you’re going to let that spirit of perversion spread throughout the church.”
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