Haggard has resigned!!

[Chichiri]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Nov 2, 2006 (AP)— The Rev. Ted Haggard resigned as president of the influential National Association of Evangelicals on Thursday after being accused of paying for sex with a man.

Haggard who has been a leading opponent of the drive for same-sex marriage also stepped aside as head of his 14,000-member New Life Church while a church panel investigates, saying he could "not continue to minister under the cloud created by the accusations."

The investigation came after a 49-year-old man told a Denver radio station that Haggard paid him to have sex nearly every month for three years.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2624984

[Skinner]

1. D'oh! (nt)

[AzDar]

2. Hilarious! n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. Gee - ya think he protested too much

there's something biblical in the moral of this story

[AlCzervik]

4. is it wrong that i'm reading this and smiling?

[Monkeyman]

5. If it is I am LOL

[wryter2000]

9. If you figure that out, let me know

I'll have to wipe an :evilgrin: off my face.

[rateyes]

36. Schadenfreude...

Sux to be Haggard right now, doesn't it? :evilgrin:

[Dem2theMax]

6. I don't know why, but I just HAVE to put a

:rofl: smilie here. :evilgrin:

[Chichiri]

7. Fox News, of all people, has confirmed it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227159,00.html

[David Zephyr]

28. Fox News: Rev. Ted Haggard (D), Colorado Springs, CO

How long will that take?;-)

[opihimoimoi]

37. Ewwwwwww He sucks dick???? Ewwwwwwwww and he pays too. Damn

[Skinner]

8. National Association of Evangelicals still has his picture and letter on their homepage

http://www.nae.net

[wryter2000]

11. LOL

They're not on top of things like DU is.

[FrenchieCat]

23. ooooh....I'm tempted to use that "Contact Us" tab over there at their

website! :)

[Wise Doubter]

31. I did....

Office of the President : [e-mail]

[Clark2008]

10. I just have that Queen song, "Another One Bites the Dust"

going through my head... which... hee hee... is so appropriate on SOOOOO many levels.

:evilgrin:

[devilgrrl]

12. It's off to the Keys for Mr. Haggard!!!

Or would he prefer P-Town?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

13. Will He Go Into Rehab & Accuse A Priest Of Pedophilia?

[Chichiri]

14. Now Yahoo has it, also by way of the AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_re_us/haggard_sex_allegations

Why am I suddenly consumed by the giggles?

[Ian David]

15. Who the hell pays a 49 year old person for sex?

If you're gonna pay for sex, you go for the 19-25 year-old hard-bodies.

Geesh!

49??

EwwWWwwWWwww....


Old People sex....


YUCK!!!



(I'm kidding. I hope to someday be 49 myself, which isn't really THAT old).

On Edit: I didn't even know Merle Haggard was gay...

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

16. Folier-than-thou

Bites the dust. AWESOME!

[SeattleGirl]

19. Folier-than-thou. ROFL!

Good line, Burgher

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

22. Thanks. So many of these hypocrites qualify for that title.

They can't go down (no pun intended) fast enough for me.

[malaise]

33. Brilliant line

Touche! :D

[Hand]

34. That's worthy of a Daily Show headline!

:toast: :yourock:

[MzNov]

46. Jon Stewart will be all over this one! I can't wait.

[Libby2]

35. Bwahahahaa .......love it!! n/t

[TahitiNut]

41. Perfect.

:thumbsup:

Hypocrisy is their sacrament ... their ONLY sacrament.

[symbolman]

17. I'd like to congratulate the Universe

for picking up all these ROCKS and shining the Bright Light of the SUN on all these guys.. seems like something is turning out there, the Universe IS a self Righting system and can only put up with POLLUTION for so long :)

Hypocrites! And they are all hitting critical Mass at the SAME TIME, and I AM LOVING IT :)

When does the country singer MERLE HAGGART come out with a PRESS Release saying he is in NO WAY connected to HAGGARD by blood or arrest record?

[MzNov]

45. Oh you said it so well.

:rofl:

Sometimes we do live long enough to see KARMA come around.

:-)

[Ian David]

18. He's resigned to spend more time paying for gay sex from his family. n/t

[buddysmellgood]

20. SWEET JESUS. These mofos are imploding!

[orwell]

21. Not that there's anything wrong with it...n/t

[dysfunctional press]

24. but...but..butt...he's denied the charges that were made...

why would he feel compelled to resign?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

26. Good question.

Perhaps he's a doofus and has been paying by check or credit card? ;-)

[biscotti]

25. Hmmm their Up Coming Events page

is blank.

[sarge43]

27. Well, not to work the obvious, but

now we know the source of Repug homophobia -- smoke screen.

[asjr]

29. I wonder if the congregation knows his

friend got some of the "tithe" money?

[Hepburn]

44. Now you got me laughing out loud...

...I am picturing one of those bigotted fundies who duly every week gave to the church and who is now wondering if some of his/her money went to buy gay sex for Rev. Teddie. Sweet justice.....such sweet justice. They hate gays and preach discrimination and climb on the "folier-than-thou" bandwagon of straightness...and all along these stupid assholes have been paying out money to support their preacher's gay sex-capades.

Stupid fundie jerks ~~ wondering if NOW they will finally get a clue that they were being used all along...as well as get a clue what the word "hypocrite" means.

Just my opinion....

[joeunderdog]

30. WHY, why, why?

Because boning man-whores is so unbecoming of a republican, evangelical man.

It's also soooo hypocritical.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[uppityperson]

32. when does he enter rehab?

[opihimoimoi]

38. as soon as they remove the corn cob...LOL

[FightingIrish]

39. He talked to Bush every Monday

"Pastor Ted, who talks to President George W. Bush or his advisers every Monday, is a handsome forty-eight-year-old Indianan, most comfortable in denim. He likes to say that his only disagreement with the President is automotive; Bush drives a Ford pickup, whereas Pastor Ted loves his Chevy."

And makes lame excuses on his behalf

Last fall, when the evangelical journalist Ayelish McGarvey asked Pastor Ted why President Bush, as a Christian, had not apologized for the false assertions used to justify the Iraq war, or for the dishonest smears marshaled on his campaign's behalf, Ted said: “I think if you asked the President these questions once he's out of office, he'd say, ‘You're right. We shouldn't have done it.’ But right now if he said something like that, well, the world would spin out of control! . . . Listen, I think are responsible not to lie, but I don't think we're responsible to say everything we know.”

http://www.harpers.org/SoldiersOfChrist.html

[ProSense]

40. CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES' BAD JOKE (Silence of the sheep)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2923412&mesg_id=2923412

[hunter]

42. Heads explode in Colorado Springs!

Couldn't happen in a more appropriate place.

[MazeRat7]

43. "and the house come tumbling down... and house comes tumbling down.."

The beauty is this is one more chink in the armour of the american taliban... they were fucked by the admin and I will bet money they are going to succeed and form their own party apart from the repugs....

I can't think of anything better for this country.

MZr7