Ted Haggard is the President of the National Association of Evangelicals

[Swede]

:rofl:

http://www.nae.net/

[flowomo]

1. was....

I think he resigned

[gfnrob]

2. Only stepped down temporarily, to

wash out his mouth, and go to re-hab, no doubt.

[Seen the light]

3. No, now that he's admitted it, he's done nt

[gfnrob]

6. Great!!! Now he's free to bang the meth and the boys.

[gfnrob]

10. Have you seen the "pastor" who replaced him?

Gay-dar is blinking pink........what a twink.:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :headbang: :blush: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[gfnrob]

12. Not that theres anything wrong with that.

[Actionmac]

25. Not for you...

but for the Evangelicals it's a big problem...

[newyawker99]

27. Hi Actionmac!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Actionmac]

34. thanks

[valerief]

30. There is when you preach hatred toward gays. I wonder what

the flock would do if they found their muckymuck preacherman was burning flags.

[spinbaby]

20. Haven't seen him

Got a photo?

[Hepburn]

21. OK....I took a look....

...here he is:

http://www.integrityworship.org/CC/Images/serve/0,,1570892,00.jpg

He just looks like a fundie dweeb to me...:shrug:

Ummmmm....a young, pimply faced dweeb at that.

[gfnrob]

22. On CNN this morn, on video he really looks like a twink.

[varun]

33. OMG...I though the same

my Gaydar went crazy...

what with these fundy gay pastors?

[Hepburn]

4. I thought he was on some leave of absense...

...and that he had not resigned but just was sitting it out until his church straightened all this out.

Now isn't that a crock of shit. I am betting the church told him to get out of the limelight and let the media hysteria die down ~~ hoping they could deadend this prior to the election next week.

[flowomo]

8. No, he resigned:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, has given up his post while a church panel investigates allegations he paid a man for sex.

The Rev. Ted Haggard resigned as president of the 30 million-member association Thursday after being accused of paying the man for monthly trysts over the past three years.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061103/D8L5IM680.html

I assume "resigned" means just that -- not, like, turned over the office temporarily.

[Hepburn]

15. Thanks for the info and the link.

I had understood that he was on a leave of absense.

[flowomo]

16. you're welcome.... but...

the link, deliciously enough, came from Drudge.

[Actionmac]

29. the guy taking over wants him gone

for whatever reason the the guy succeeding him (Parsons)said that there was some impropriety... Power play while pastor is out of position...

[uncle ray]

31. he is the founder of the church, not just the(former) pastor.

nobody tells him what to do, well, except for the drug selling gay prostitute he frequented! this should be devastating for the church. and with any luck, this help turn Colorado blue, here in Haggard's district Dems have a chance of retaking the senate seat for the first time in decades in a close race with a large number of undecided voters.

[FARAFIELD]

5. Oh My God

This story is so funny it isnt even funny!!! I wonder if hastert will ask for people to be interviewed as to who knew what AND when. ITs all RAhm Emmanuel. BWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAA!!!
foisted on their own petard again. And in colorado where maybe it will help sink musgrave.

[Ishoutandscream2]

7. Gotta admit, this is great stuff

I'm really, really loving this. Koresh forgive me!

[soothsayer]

9. Deary dear! When you repress things, they have a nasty way

of popping explosively out!

[Hav]

11. .

Oh my, the thread I read before was about his fantasys to have an orgy with college guys.
If these are their values, then I know why there are so many Evangelicals.

[gfnrob]

13. Have you seen his bit in "Jesus Camp"??????

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. No; tell me more!

[gfnrob]

26. Ok

He tells his congregation that they don't need a "conference" to decide about homosexuals, the bible tells them what they need to know.......Blah f'n blah...Someone has a thread with a link to a clip on you tube. Sorry I'm not computer literate enough to link it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Ah, I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.

[theoldman]

14. Republicans have defined the word "Hypocrite".

I roll over laughing at the hypocrisy of these righteous jerks.

[wtmusic]

19. Problem is they have this "Phoenix" tendency

of rising from their ashes stronger than ever (like Swaggart).

[sqarebis]

17. FORMER president

:rofl:

[Parche]

18. ted

He looks a bit haggard lately??

Hey Ted, who do you have under your 'pulpit'???

[leeroysphitz]

24. Don't worry. He'll be on Dr. Phill in a few months with tears and

apologies and stories of childhood abuse. Dr. Phill will yell at him for a segment or two then all will be forgiven and he'll move right back into his old job as if nothing happened Jimmy Swaggert style...

[Ilsa]

32. You know, it is even funnier when you break the news a certain way.

When this info broke Wednesday night and my husband finally came home, I explained, "The head of some major evangelical group in the US has had to resign." "Why?" "Because his male, paid, gay prostitute finally outed him for being a hypocrit." That sent my husband to the floor with laughter.