Guess my gay-dar WAS working.
What makes you think Haggard appears to be gay?
Posted on 01/28/2009 12:52:09 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
Former evangelical leader Ted Haggard on the life he hid from his wife, his children and 30 million devoted followers. The gay sex and drug scandal that took him down.
In his first television interview since the scandal, Ted talks with Oprah about why he kept secret a part of his life he calls dark and repulsive.
"It was the first time that dark area of my life I'd worked so hard to fight against was coming to the surface," he says. "And to say it, and to talk about it, was so shameful and shocking. Even to me."
In the days that followed, Ted says he came clean with Gayle about his sexual immorality and drug use. "I can't think of anything that would have been a greater shock to me, and, literally, I felt as though the rug had been pulled out from under me," Gayle says.
Yet, she stayed by her husband's side. "I was going to stay with Ted because, first of all, I love him deeply and I knew that we had a very real relationship," she says.
Through therapy, Gayle says she realized that her marriage wasn't a lie and that Ted's struggles were only one aspect of him and didn't take away from the life they had built together. "I choose to forgive him, and I choose to love him. I made the decision. Then I had to work it out. And that was the painful process for me."
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Geesh, you really have to feel for them.
I know....
Any time you have sex, unless raped, it’s a choice. He CHOSE to have sex with men. Gays may be more feminine or masculine by nature and upbringing, but they choose to have the sex.
This notion that it’s not a choice is ridiculous.
Trying to convince us all that homosexuals are normal.
Well, it’s just not and I’m sick of this oprah crap!
Bob Grant always used to say on the radio that homosexuality is a compulsion. Haggard can't admit that he's a homosexual, and his wife is in denial too.
Haggard, like too many tele-evangalists, are worshipping money, not God. They talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk. That’s why in spite of his sins, he has the audacity to keep on trying to explain away why he did what he did and using Oprah to get more attention.
He and other “evangalists” are living high on the hog by marketing “God”. I could never understand why people send them money. As if they can buy their way to heaven. Their money would have been better spent by helping those who are truly in need.
No one forced him to toss salad either.
It’s whack-a-mole with these attention whores. Every time their head pops up they need to be whacked until they just go away.
Guess my gay-dar WAS working.
What makes you think Haggard appears to be gay?
You've got it exactly backwards. Ted Haggard is the one who's booking himself on Oprah, Larry King, and all of the other shows. Why doesn't he leave us alone?
And since you're a local, you know that there have been new allegations about Mr. Haggard's behavior -- it wasn't just that one time.
The fact of Haggard's current self-promotion in the face of on-going difficulties suggests that he has more, and continuing mental issues to work through.
There’s no way she could be senator anyway. They’d have to widen the Senate.
You’re not alone. I wrestle so much with myself, I’m generally to tired to point at others.
Some people who can't afford it seem to get hooked on those evangelist's tv shows and get caught up in their "desperate need" for money....IMO
It's not just Oprah. Ted Haggard is booked on Larry King tonight. He's also the topic of a HBO special tonight. You're going to see Haggard all over tv. He's not slinking away. He wants to be in the spotlight.
I'm starting to think that he's looking for a job.
“Some people who can’t afford it seem to get hooked on those evangelist’s tv shows and get caught up in their “desperate need” for money....IMO”
I agree with you. And many of those people are lonely and elderly, which makes them easy victims for these scam artists.
I live in Colorado Springs and this is a local story. Can’t we leave this guy alone? Hasn’t he been humilated enough?
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LOL. Haggard is the one bringing himself back into the public eye. He has apparently not humiliated himself enough, and wishes to continue to do so.
Folks who want to be left alone most assuredly do NOT appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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