Another preacher sex scandal

[Chicken Little]

Dobson quits Haggard's "spiritual restoration" team.

[okiebybirth]

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

Dobson quits Haggard's "spiritual restoration" team.

He can't be bothered with trying to "save souls"; he's got elections to win.

[HoneySuckle]

Haggard is a bigot and hypocrite.  He spent more time trashing and belittling gays while in his quiet moments (or not so quiet), he found solice in gaydom.

His crying and letter writing is a bunch of b.s.  If he hadn't been found out, he would still be looking for favours elsewhere.

It's not his wife's fault that he's a hypocrite and closet gay.

[rwarn17588]

OK ... what the heck is "spiritual restoration"?

It sounds like they're denying reality -- that Ted Haggard is a gay man. Being sequested with a bunch of preachers isn't going to change the fact that he's a repressed homosexual.

Time to come out of the closet, Ted. Be who you are.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

OK ... what the heck is "spiritual restoration"?

It sounds like they're denying reality -- that Ted Haggard is a gay man. Being sequested with a bunch of preachers isn't going to change the fact that he's a repressed homosexual.

Time to come out of the closet, Ted. Be who you are.

But how much of a power broker could he be as a gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?

[si_uk_lon_ok]

quote:Originally posted by papaspot

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

OK ... what the heck is "spiritual restoration"?

It sounds like they're denying reality -- that Ted Haggard is a gay man. Being sequested with a bunch of preachers isn't going to change the fact that he's a repressed homosexual.

Time to come out of the closet, Ted. Be who you are.

But how much of a power broker could he be as a gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?

What about an ex gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?
I bet he goes and gets himself 'cured'.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by si_uk_lon_ok

quote:Originally posted by papaspot

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

OK ... what the heck is "spiritual restoration"?

It sounds like they're denying reality -- that Ted Haggard is a gay man. Being sequested with a bunch of preachers isn't going to change the fact that he's a repressed homosexual.

Time to come out of the closet, Ted. Be who you are.

But how much of a power broker could he be as a gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?

What about an ex gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?
I bet he goes and gets himself 'cured'.

Oh, yeah. He'll get up there like Jimmy Swaggart and cry some crocodile tears and lament, "I hay-uv SEE-und!" and they'll take him back. I mean, let's face it, there probably aren't a whole lot of Nobel laureates in his target audience.

[si_uk_lon_ok]

quote:Originally posted by papaspot

quote:Originally posted by si_uk_lon_ok

quote:Originally posted by papaspot

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

OK ... what the heck is "spiritual restoration"?

It sounds like they're denying reality -- that Ted Haggard is a gay man. Being sequested with a bunch of preachers isn't going to change the fact that he's a repressed homosexual.

Time to come out of the closet, Ted. Be who you are.

But how much of a power broker could he be as a gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?

What about an ex gay right wing fundamentalist Christian?
I bet he goes and gets himself 'cured'.

Oh, yeah. He'll get up there like Jimmy Swaggart and cry some crocodile tears and lament, "I hay-uv SEE-und!" and they'll take him back. I mean, let's face it, there probably aren't a whole lot of Nobel laureates in his target audience.

The thing is they all have to believe he is healed and forgive him, because that's what Jesus would do.

Thing I think is sad is that the meth and escort seem  to be a much smaller deal than the gay sex thing.

[papaspot]

quote:Originally posted by si_uk_lon_ok

The thing is they all have to believe he is healed and forgive him, because that's what Jesus would do.

Forgiving him is one thing but I don't think Jesus would expect you to put a repentant thief in charge of the till.

quote:
Thing I think is sad is that the meth and escort seem  to be a much smaller deal than the gay sex thing.

Normally I would agree with you on this. But I think what made the gay thing a bigger factor was his infamy for gay bashing and his anti-gay rights stance. I'm not saying he never preached against illegal drug use or prostitution but that's not where his notoriety was, at least that's not my impression.

[okiebybirth]

quote:Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

The next repug to get exposed? Ken Mehlman, head of RNC (who is above the Bush bs) will soon expose himself. That's a prediction ....

Bill Maher Outs Ken Mehlman on Larry King Live:

MAHER: "Frank Rich wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. He said, yes we've heard about Mark Foley...but he said, that's just the beginning of it. A lot of the chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican party, are gay. I don't want to mention names but I will Friday night.

KING: You will Friday night?

MAHER: There's a couple people everybody in Washington knows, who run the Republican party

KING: You will name them?

MAHER: I wouldn't be the first. I'd get sued if I was the first, but...you know, Ken Mehlman, okay there's one I think people have talked about. I don't think he's denied it when people have suggested it (actually, he has). He doesn't say...

KING: Ken Mehlman? I've never heard that. But the question is...

MAHER: Maybe you don't go to the same bathhouse I do Larry.

KING: Why would someone who is gay take public anti-gay positions? Why would you do that?

MAHER: Because Larry, hating yourself is the greatest love of all.

KING: (Laughs)

[aoxamaxoa]

FINDING MY RELIGION
Former second-in-command of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives talks about why evangelicals should stay out of politics

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/archive/2006/11/13/findrelig.DTL