Posted on 12/20/2006 1:49:19 PM PST by cf_river_rat
Animal rights crusader PETA is looking for a new preacher.
The organization had arranged for Ted Haggard, the Colorado Springs evangelical pastor disgraced by accusations of soliciting gay sex from a prostitute, to narrate a 15-minute PETA slaughterhouse video called "What Would Jesus Do?"
The video was to appear on peta.org and be widely distributed to the evangelical community. It was to show graphic slaughterhouse conditions of chickens, turkeys, cattle, calves and pigs. Haggard had agreed to narrate the piece.
The script, obtained by this column, has Haggard saying things like, "Of all God's creatures, chickens and turkeys are the most abused," and "Confined to tiny stalls that don't even allow them to turn around for most of their pregnancy, the first time that mother pigs breathe God's fresh air is when they are on the back of a truck headed to a slaughterhouse."
It was all a go, according to PETA officials, until 36 hours before the Haggard scandal broke. On Oct. 30, Haggard abruptly pulled out of the project. His media relations director - and niece - Carolyn Haggard wrote to PETA, "Unfortunately, I just don't think this project will fit with what I'm jumping into."
We were unable to reach Ted or Carolyn Haggard for comment.
PETA veep Bruce Friedrich told me, "We were very disappointed that Pastor Ted pulled out. This project needs someone who is committed to thinking outside the box the way Pastor Ted did. We are continuing to look for another evangelical who is preaching about moral issues."
There. Fixed that one for them.
"Unfortunately, I just don't think this project will fit with what I'm jumping into."
Somewhat of an understatement, I believe.
Closet homo Haggard was seeking to steer the evangelicals into environmental and animal rights distractions.
Maybe because he was internally conflicted.
Jesus gave the Church a job - go make disciples. He didn't send us out to stop global warming etc.
Don't get distracted.
Haggard and PETA comes as no surprise. He is a freak with freaks.
I would imagine Ted knows a thing or two about sausages.
"This project needs someone who is committed to thinking outside the box the way Pastor Ted did."
A male gay pastor thinking 'outside of the box'?
Somehow, there's a joke in there some where, but I just can't think of it.
WWJD....order a rib-eye, medium rare with a ceasar salad and baked potatoe, all the way. Top that off with a Sam Adams, vintage Dec. 2006.
Interesting. I've never known a PETA member who was also a follower of Christ. I'm sure there are a few. I just don't see the organization promoting true Christian values.
Jam 1:8
Dan Quayle, is that you????
And this was the guy that the "evangelicals" were supposed to be following as some leader, and be upset about when he was "outed"?
He can join Rick Warren and Frankie Schaeffer.
Dan Quayle, is that you????
Damn it, I knew that didn't look right! LOL!
it seems to be a 'tactic' of the left these days to try to woo-evangelical to their point of view through the thought "what would Jesus do"..it's just a distraction from traditional social issues..
beside I don't ever remeber Jesus refusing to eat meat in the Bible...
I could've sworn that honor went to the hetero, white male.....
"Somehow, there's a joke in there some where, but I just can't think of it."
Lie down with Ted, get up with fleas? ;)
Dan Quale was a great man, VP and Senator!!
(Not saying that either of you dispute that though.).
The basic tenet of Christianity, the Lamb of God, is against PETA...
Somehow I think the unborn actually hold this distinction!
"Lie down with Ted, get up with fleas? ;)"
Or chicken feathers..:0)
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