Reverend Matthew Makela has two problems with queer people: he can't stop calling them predatory sickos, and he can't stop having sex with them.
According to his official bio, the associate pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church and School in Michigan enjoys family, music, home improvement, gardening and landscaping. According to his Grindr profile, discovered and exposed by Queerty, he likes topping and cuddles.
Of course, how someone behaves between the sheets is really nobody's business but his own, except when he's actively doing damage to others. We've seen it time and time again. The lawmaker who spends his days fighting against gay rights and his nights cruising for bottoms, or the ex-gay activist who isn't quite as ex-gay as he'd like everyone to believe.
Which brings us back to Makela. The married father of five from Midland, Michigan doesn't just preach Jesus' love and help with bake sales. He also uses his position of authority and respect in his community to broadcast his self-loathing view on same-sex attraction.
The collection of statements is damning: he's a full-spectum hater, ranging from gay-curing nonsense to effortlessly nasty transphobia aimed at a specific local resident. Makela told Queerty that he has resigned and told his wife and senior pastor, but Queerty is having none of it:
…his community also deserves to know. If Makela made even one LGBT kid at St. John's "Christ-based" elementary school, their parents, friends, family or anyone who ever stepped foot in the church feel like being true to yourself is shameful (and it seems all too likely that he did), then we're glad to share his hypocrisy with the world.
