| Teddy: A Homophobic Gay. |
| Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
From Think Progress:
Major Right-Wing Evangelical Leader Accused Of 3-Year Relationship With Male Prostitute
Watch Video here
Transcript:
ANCHOR: A gay man makes a stunning accusation against the leader of one of Colorado’s most popular mega-churches, Ted Haggard, one of the best known evangelical pastors in the country. A gay man in Denver claims he’s had a threeyear sexual business relationship with Haggard. The pastor has told us just a few moments ago that he has prepared for his own church to investigate the claims.
Haggard is the founder and senior leader of the 14,000 member New Life church in Colorado Springs. He is also the president of the multi-million member National Association of Evangelicals. Haggard is married and has five children. Male escort Mike Jones of Denver started talking to 9News two months ago laiming that Haggard does not practice what he preaches. He tells 9News that pastor Ted Haggard has been paying him for sex for the last three years. Jones went public about their alleged relation this morning on talk radio.
JONES:
Some may look at me and what I’ve done as immoral but I think I had to do the moral thing in my mind and that is expose someone who is preaching one thing but doing the opposite behind everybody’s back.
ANCHOR:
This evening we spoke with pastor Haggard outside of his home in Colorado Springs.
HAGGARD:
I’ve never had a gay relationship with anybody and, uh, I’m steady with my wife, I’m faithful to my wife. So, I don’t know if this is election year politics or if this has to do with the marriage amendment or what it is. But I’m not even the guy who will investigate it or question it, I don’t know what the dynamics are. This independent group will come in and do that.
And you know what? It will be investigated by some oversear pasters. Thats right, Pasters. And we know how unbiased they are going to be, aren't we?
***Update***
From NYT:
In a one-page statement issued Saturday afternoon, the board said, “Our investigation and Pastor Haggard’s public statements have proven without a doubt that he has committed sexually immoral conduct.” |
posted by Roya @ 4:30 PM   |
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| 8 Comments: |
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There is a lot of talk on the blogs at the moment about this Haggard dude. I kind of figure that those who protest a lot about homosexuals, might be just a "teeny bit gay" themselves.
Methinks they do protest too much.
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Yeh, and the picture seems to indicate that he does three at a time. :P
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My drive to work this morning was one of laughter and mirth. Another evangelical bits the... er... dust.
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RE joey: Yup, don't ya just love it. I admit to enjoying watching these charlatans come a cropper.
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all queer-bashers are queer
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Fact is, dude, I’ll croak, you’ll croak, all of U.S. will croak someday at sometime somewhere; then, we must face the King of the Universe, Jesus, to determine whether we achieve Heaven. My point is, don’t get so caught-up in this passing earth you lose your immortal soul. PS I gave up my hard-won, black belt to fight for Heaven. Wotya gonna give up, brudda? God blessa youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL.
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i am atheist and anarchist from argentina mi mail is lisandrolibre@gmail.com
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Ever heard of a NDEr?
Im a NDEr.
GBY
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There is a lot of talk on the blogs at the moment about this Haggard dude. I kind of figure that those who protest a lot about homosexuals, might be just a "teeny bit gay" themselves.
Methinks they do protest too much.