I think one of the most amazing stories about the Christian right is the response to the Colorado pastor who was discovered to be using drugs and getting massages from a male prostitute (or whatever). If he is doing something that is contradictory to their teachings and they ask him to step down- they have the right to do that. But forming a "team" to counsel Haggard- it strikes me as really desperate. What does Haggard want? To divorce and live an honest life as a gay man? To have a committee talk him out of all his 'sins'? Exactly how does a committee (think they can) change someone's sexuality? I really want to know.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Citing a lack of time, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson withdrew Tuesday from the team overseeing counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor who was fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use.
“Emotionally and spiritually, I wanted to be of help – but the reality is I don't have the time to devote to such a critical responsibility,” Dobson said.
The other two members of the team, Pastors Jack Hayford of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, Calif., and Tommy Barnett of First Assembly of God in Phoenix, declined to comment. Haggard was forced out as senior pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church on Saturday after a former male escort alleged they had sex repeatedly and that Haggard used methamphetamines.
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