Pastor Haggard on "Jesus Camp," "effeminate Jesus," and Barbara Walters going to heaven

[DeepModem Mom]

Editor&Publisher: Top Preacher In New Sex Scandal Had Gone to Press to Denounce Recent Film
By E&P Staff
Published: November 03, 2006

NEW YORK -- Before his current problems -- involving accusations of cheating on his wife by paying for sex with a male escort, and more -- evangelical leader Rev. Ted Haggard was last in the news releasing a statement to the media denouncing the recent documentary "Jesus Camp."

Haggard, who appears in the film, stated in late September, "This movie manipulates facts like a Michael Moore film and works the camera like 'The Blair Witch Project.'"

In one scene in the film, Haggard takes a boy, 12, who wants to be a preacher, aside and tells him to "use the cute kid thing until you're 30 and by then you'll have content."

An April 4, 2004, article in The New York Times quoted Haggard denouncing portrayals of "the effeminate Jesus," endorsing instead a view of Jesus as sometimes wrathful and judgmental. He was a prime promoter of Mel Gibson's "The Passion."...Haggard was a leading anti-gay rights activist.

Late last year, Haggard (who claims he chats with aides in the White House at least once a week) made the national press when he told ABC interviewer Barbara Walters that only those who accept Jesus as their savior will go to heaven. When Walter, who is Jewish, pressed him further, he repeated it, adding, "unfortunately."...

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003350121

[yellowcanine]

1. What about hypocritical preachers, Teddy? What did Jesus say about them?

[ClintonTyree]

2. Oopsie........

it's best not to pass judgment on others, lest ye be judged. ASSHOLE! I guess that means Haggard's soul is destined for eternal damnation. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Rev. Haggard. And Satan will say, "this is goooooood". ;)

[jhrobbins]

3. I really want to hate this man, but he is a victim of his own making..

and the religious right's attack on our community. I am sorry that he had to deny his natural inclination and become a cheerlaeder for those that would castigate us and him if they knew his real nature. Shame on them and shame on him for not being strong enough.