Posted on 11/05/2006 10:35:54 AM PST by VictoryGal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Disgraced U.S. evangelist Ted Haggard, a vocal opponent of gay marriage, said on Sunday that he was guilty of "sexual immorality" and that he had long battled with a "repulsive" side of his life.
"I am guilty of sexual immorality, I am a deceiver and a liar. There is a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark and I've been warring against it my entire adult life", Haggard said in a letter that was read to his New Life Church in Colorado Springs by a church overseer.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
POLYGRAPHS ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE.
PARAGRAPHS ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE
Yes. ?
You forgot the sarcasm.
I didn't know who this guy was but the minute I saw a video of him online I ask how anyone could think this guy is straight, cause he is totally flaming gay IMO!
Monographs are often not accurate as well.
More than just a pastor.
Me too. Shows the republicans are ALL hypocrites...Now Hillary--there's a god fearing woman I can get behind. Can't wait to vote across-the-board democrat in the New York elections on Tuesday, because THIS preacher sinned.
I didn't think I had much of a gaydar. I saw this guy interviewed about two years ago and thought to myself: "this guy obviously goes to Pottery Barn on a regular basis."
He has to come out with a book to sell first...
Or maybe he'll do the right thing and retreat to privacy and fix his life. And serve as a lesson to not rely on middlemen for your salvation-- go straight to the source: JC Himself.
I've been a Christian all my adult life and I have never heard of him either.
"I'm sure this has been asked several times, but who is this guy?? I'm a Christian and I've never heard of the him. Seems to be getting a whole lot of national coverage when its basically an internal church issue. "
You may not have heard of him, but he's been a pretty prominent character in the evangelical movement. He was he head of the NAE, a group with lots of members, including most of the envangelicals you have heard of.
As for his church...it was his. It's a huge edifice, built with the money of his congregation, which numbers about 11,000. They were duped by this creep.
He's yet another in a long line of religious hucksters, pretending to lead people to Jesus, while pocketing their money and doing as they please.
It's easy. You just have to have a good speaking voice, be good-looking, and know enough about the Bible to preach. Add some good musicians and a lot of Hollywood-style production values and pretty soon you have a mega church.
Of course, there's a lot of collection plate passing, fund drives of all sorts, and general grifting to do, but con men are good at that. This one built a pretty good little con game, but he made a mistake. He thought he could get away with getting sex from some gay prostitute and taking drugs.
Pride. It's a terrible thing, and this guy was full of it.
As for it affecting anyone's vote...well that's just silly. There are sure a lot of people who were members of his congregation, though, who have to be asking themselves how they could have been so deceived.
An old story. Rent "Elmer Gantry" from NetFlix. It's a perfect explanation of how this happens.
Mr. Haggard seems remorseful, and he acknowledges what he did was wrong.
http://www.tedhaggard.com/bio.jsp
Pastor of a large "seeker friendly" church in Colorado Springs, CO. The real reason the left is so happy is that this nitwit was National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), the largest evangelical group in America.
Of course, it doesn't change the way those people vote.
Another cheap huckster in a big box loses his fleecing the flock permit. These guys are tiresome.
Homosexual Agenda Ping
Freepmail wagglebee or little jeremiah to subscribe or unsubscribe from the homosexual agenda ping list.
Click FreeRepublic homosexual agenda keyword search for a list of all related articles.
Add keywords homosexual agenda to flag FR articles to this ping list.
"Mr. Haggard seems remorseful, and he acknowledges what he did was wrong.
"
Took his time about it, though, didn't he?
That's it in a nutshell. One sick perv (that most Americans never heard of before the other day) certainly isn't going to affect an election.
Yep, but at least he did.
His dethroning actually helps Pres. Bush in his opposition to Gore and the environmentalists.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.