http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/11/02/pastor-who-resigned-over-gay-hooker-claims-is-bushs-spiritual-consigliore/Pastor Who Resigned over Gay Hooker Claims Is Bush’s ‘Spiritual Consigliore‘
Rev. Ted Haggard, who counsels Pres. Bush on a weekly basis and has been called his spiritual consigliore,” resigned today as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and as pastor of the megachurch he founded in Colorado Springs because a gay prosititute says he’s been having sex for pay with Haggard for more than three years
Rev. Haggard is closer to the president than his better-known rival, Dr. James Dobson, head of the anti-gay nonprofit group, Focus on the Family, which is also headquartered in Colorado Springs:
The press tends to regard Dobson as the most powerful evangelical Christian in America, but Pastor Ted is at least his equal.
Whereas Dobson plays the part of national scold, promising to destroy politicians who defy the Bible, Pastor Ted quietly guides those politicians through the ritual of acquiescence required to save face.
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the "ritual of acquiescence required to save face"