local members of the lgbt community and lgbt media have also criticized the church for its general stances on homosexuality. a former attendee who is gay spoke out after elevation hosted ted haggard, a former evangelical preacher who stepped down from his position after being accused of a gay affair. an unknown gay individual who claims to be a former attendee said in a blog post that elevation has a "problem with privilege" and that furtick "leaves lgbtq people with no answers and no hope, just the sense that something is wrong with them for missing the obvious."