Posted on 02/06/2007 8:11:19 AM PST by Froufrou
One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual." Haggard also said his sexual contact with men was limited to the former male prostitute who came forward with sexual allegations, the Rev. Tim Ralph of Larkspur told The Denver Post for a story in Tuesday's edition. "He is completely heterosexual," Ralph said. "That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing." Ralph said the board spoke with people close to Haggard while investigating his claim that his only extramarital sexual contact happened with Mike Jones. The board found no evidence to the contrary. "If we're going to be proved wrong, somebody else is going to come forward, and that usually happens really quickly," he said. "We're into this thing over 90 days and it hasn't happened." Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals last year after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. He was also forced out from the 14,000 New Life Church that he founded years ago in his basement after Jones alleged Haggard paid him for sex and sometimes used methamphetamine when they were together. Haggard, who is married, has publicly admitted to "sexual immorality."
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Haggard Now 'Completely Heterosexual'
right..................
(not that there's anything wrong with that)
If they ever identify a gay gene (or more likely, a pre-disposition based on several genes). Parents will probably "cure" it by aborting those fetuses.
I believe everyone can change, given incentive. However, in the case of child rapists, it is a vanishingly small probability. Oddly, the stats on recidivism are higher for those who abuse boys than girls.
So what you are saying is that oral or anal sex between opposite sex partners is just as abnormal as homosexuality?
I think we assume the 'wiring' is different between pedophilian and homosexuality because homosexuality requires consent and pedophilia does not. Often pedophiles are functional sexually with adults of opposite gender, but prefer to victimize children of the same gender even though they self identify as heterosexuals. The sexual fetish is not necessarily children, but having complete power over the situation and the victim. I suspect they would also be the types to victimize handicapped individuals.
You've articulated a pretty good argument there. I've really never seen it put so well.
Haggard is a moron.
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