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Pastor fired over drugs, sex; rock 'n' roll wants to party with him
Posted on November 6, 2006 1:30 PM
I rolled off the luxurious Futon of Doom to find that every single blog and news organization had weighed in on Pastor Ted Haggard, who has got to be feeling like his surname now. Fall from grace is such an overused cliche, but boy o boy does it fit here.
Pastor Ted didn't just step out on his wife and 5 kiddies to have sex with a guy in Denver. He took crystal meth to heighten the experience too, according to his boy toy. But Pastor Ted said these rumors weren't all completely true. Just some of them. He didn't say which ones.
When Pastor Ted apologized via a letter read by another New Life Church elder on Sunday, they took measures to protect the kiddies...
Youngsters were sent from the room before elders began discussing the church crisis.Talk about a missed opportunity. It's ok for Pastor Ted to talk with the grownups who can make up their own minds. But the kids can't learn about the real world repercussions of lying to oneself about how you feel as opposed to how you're supposed to feel.
Imagine the straightforward questions, devoid of any pretense or cushioning, they could ask Pastor Ted. By the time the first kid finished asking about massages, Pastor Ted would be wishing he was in Gitmo for a less painful session with the prison's waterboarding counselors.
Because, y'know, that would make them sinners deserving of punishment. Certainly not deserving the open arms of his ex-congregation, or his wife...
In a separate letter, Haggard’s wife drew laughter when she promised to remain with her husband and said church members no longer had to worry about her marriage being so perfect she couldn’t relate to them.Ha ha. Those church socials coming up should be fun. "So Mrs. Haggard, my husband still opposes gay marriage, but he's not hitting on ski instructors in Boulder. Should he try that to get closer to God? Would your husband recommend that, dear?"
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