The Ted Haggard Story Continues

If you've read my blog before, you know that hypocrites drive me crazy. None more so than religious hypocrites. I have no gripe with folks who have strongly held religious beliefs, even though I don't share those beliefs, but when they try to impose their values on the nation as a whole, then I think it's time to speak out and resist their advances.

Ted Haggard was/is one of those who most deserve our scorn. As the former head of a mega-church and the National Association of Evangelicals, Ted was adamantly against gay rights. Even though it has now been disclosed that he was/is gay, he continues to admonish those who believe gays should have equal rights under the law. (I don't care what rights they give gays in their church - it's up to gay folks to decide if they need to belong to a church that hates them.)

Now the story expands in scope. Ted will be featured in an HBO documentary and his former church is now letting it be known that his homosexual indiscretions extend beyond what Ted himself has revealed - he also had gay sex with a youth in his church to whom hush money was paid.

Here's a link, and below is some text of an article posted by The Gun Toting Liberal....

Have you been wondering what had ever happened to “The Tedster” since the last reports from many moons ago saying his “gayness” had been “miraculously” healed by the Glory Of God? I know I’ve personally been preocupied with his whereabouts and “what’s-he-up-to’s” ever since then along with (I’m just guessing) yourselves and all of our friends and family members. Well, folks — thanks to the Associated Press (Yahoo! News), we can all sleep at night again.
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But, you see — Ole’ Teddy Boy was a much, MUCH larger hypocrite and a MUCH “badder boy” than anybody outside of New Life Church had even began to suspect. New Life had paid off one of his (young, YOUNG adult) victims; one of Uncle Ted’s congregants at the time according to the current New Life Pastor Brady Boyd. OOPS. Well, he didn’t REALLY say they “paid him off”, he said they did NOT actually pay him off; they just felt really sorry for the young man so they paid for his college education and paid for his counselling in exchange for his promise to keep his mouth shut about it. My bad — that misinterpretation could have happened to anybody, correct? My first thought was “hush money” but now I see how wrong I was upon second look.