'Elitist den of hate': Silicon Valley pastor decries hypocrisy of area's rich liberals

Gregory Stevens resigns after tweets about Palo Alto, slamming tech industry greed and empty social justice promises

A Silicon Valley pastor has resigned from his church after calling the city of Palo Alto an "elitist shit den of hate" and criticizing the hypocrisy of "social justice" activism in the region.

Gregory Stevens confirmed on Monday that he had stepped down from the First Baptist church of Palo Alto, an LGBT-inclusive congregation, after his personal tweets calling out the contradictions of wealthy liberals in northern California surfaced at a recent council hearing.