Posted on 11/02/2006 4:52:59 PM PST by jamese777
The Rev. Ted Haggard resigned as president of the influential National Association of Evangelicals on Thursday after being accused of having a sexual affair with a gay man.
Haggard also stepped down as head of his 14,000-member New Life Church pending an investigation by a church panel, saying he could "not continue to minister under the cloud created by the accusations."
"I am voluntarily stepping aside from leadership so that the overseer process can be allowed to proceed with integrity," Haggard said in a written statement. "I hope to be able to discuss this matter in more detail at a later date. In the interim, I will seek both spiritual advice and guidance."
Haggard, a married father of five, denied the allegations in an interview with KUSA-TV late Wednesday: "Never had a gay relationship with anybody, and I'm steady with my wife, I'm faithful to my wife."
Mike Jones, 49, of Denver told the AP that Haggard paid him to have sex nearly every month over three years. His allegations were first aired on KHOW-AM radio in Denver.
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Resigning takes me a step closer to believing it.
Again, you are making the assumption that the accusations are true.
Making that assumption is what the liberals and the LameStreamMedia always hope for, because in their agenda, as Rush says so often, its the severity of the charge, not the accuracy of the evidence that matters.
It should not be a stretch to suspect the possibility (possible, not sure) that the accuser may (I said "may") be part of the libs agenda to supress the votes of the "values-voters", because the Foley story is losing steam and now Kerry's hoof-and-mouth disease is acting up again.
Wow - I'll give him the benefit of doubt, and if there is some truth behind it, and he seeks help, I'll forgive him too.
But not 5 days before an election.
Sounds like it could be a setup. How can he prove his innocense if he is? It's his word against another unless the gay guy has film.
Well this would be very easy to have the queer specify dates and then see if Haggard had alibis for those dates.
Isn't this faggot one of the so-called "evangelicals" to embrace Global Warming? If so, I hope he rots.
I hope this commie faggot fraud rots in hell.
The funny thing is that Haggard was both a fag and a leftie tree hugger...why is the left eating one of their own, their own little mole within the "Christian Right"? Dumb move.
I can just feel the Christian love radiating from the goodness of your heart.
Probably just to protect the church from being drug through the mud with him.
If this is true, then, Denny Hastert must resign.
Not necessarily. He may well have just wanted to spare the church being dragged through the mud with him.
I sure pray that is the case, I really do.
Ha!
I can understand why he'd step down for the investigation to have the appearance of propiety. Just because a man is accused does not mean he is guilty.
"I can understand why he'd step down for the investigation to have the appearance of propiety. Just because a man is accused does not mean he is guilty."
I disagree. Resigning is a cut and run strategy. It makes a person appear guilty even if they are innocent. The manly (or womanly) thing to do is stand and fight.
"I hope this commie faggot fraud rots in hell."
It warms my heart that the Lord is not with you in wishing ANYONE goes to hell.
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