November 3, 2006

Who?

Breitbart

    The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.

    Haggard, who as president of the National Association of Evangelicals wielded influence on Capitol Hill and condemned both gay marriage and homosexuality, resigned on Thursday after a Denver man named Mike Jones claimed that he had many drug-fueled trysts with Haggard.


I'm not an evangelical, but I thought I was pretty plugged into "Christianist" circle.

I've never heard of this guy.

Current Events Posted by AlexC at November 3, 2006 8:27 PM

I'm not the first to rush to defend the "Christianists," but something seems odd.

A Christian evangelist who fails to live up to his principles is chided as a hypocrite, whereas an ex-vice-president or a film star flying around in a learjet to raise awareness of global warming is okay.

I'd live and let live on both accounts, mind you, but it almost seems that the media might be biased or something.

Posted by: jk at November 4, 2006 10:38 AM

Keep in mind JK that this story has been brewing at KUSA for at least 2 months but Paula Woodward never pulled the trigger. Until, that is, your old buddy Peter Boyles forced her hand.

As for Haggard, he's not a household name in Colorado either (unless I guess you're in the evangelical circle.) Both parties (Haggard and his accuser) appear to be shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly. Haggard steps down, then the gay escort fails a polygraph, then Haggard admits "some indescretions." In all the talk about "what should be done" to Haggard I keep asking myself, what law has he broken? Show me a judge on this continent who will lock a man up because he used dope.

The only people who have any judgement to pass are his parishoners.

Posted by: johngalt at November 4, 2006 11:19 AM

JK, funny you say that, because Haggard is a global warming fellow traveller.

Posted by: AlexC at November 4, 2006 6:47 PM | What do you think? [3]