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Pres. of National Assoc. of Evangelicals accused of sexual relations with gay hooker

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  1. gifford1967

    gifford1967 Contributing Member
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    Meth and gay hookers. If this is true, the poetic justice could not be more perfect.


    President of National Association of Evangelicals accused of 3-year sexual relationship with gay hooker, and of taking drugs

    DENVER - A gay man and admitted male escort claims he has had an ongoing sexual relationship with a well-known Evangelical pastor from Colorado Springs.

    Mike Jones told 9 Wants to Know Investigative Reporter Paula Woodward he has had a "sexual business" relationship with Pastor Ted Haggard for the past three years.

    Haggard is the founder and senior leader of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. The church has 14,000 members.

    He is also president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an organization that represents millions of people.

    Haggard is married with five children and an outspoken critic of gay marriage.

    Jones broke his silence Wednesday morning on talk radio.

    In an exclusive interview Wednesday night, Haggard denied the claims and told 9NEWS he is prepared for his own church to investigate them.

    "I did not have a homosexual relationship with a man in Denver," said Haggard. "I am steady with my wife. I'm faithful to my wife."

    "I don't know if this is election year politics or if this has to do with the marriage amendment or what it is, but I'm not even the guy who will investigate it or question it. I don't know what the dynamics are, but this independent group will come in and do that."

    Jones started talking to 9 Wants to Know two months ago. He claims Haggard has been paying him for sex over the past three years, even though Haggard preaches that homosexuality is a sin.

    Jones also claims Haggard used methamphetamine in his presence on several occasions.

    "People may look at me and think what I've done is immoral, but I think I had to do the moral thing in my mind and that is expose someone who is preaching one thing and doing the opposite behind everybody's back," said Jones.

    Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw profiled Haggard in 2005 in a series on mega-churches. Haggard was also listed by Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential Evangelicals in America last year.

    9NEWS and 9NEWS.com will continue to update this story as information becomes available.


    http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?...MPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
     
    #1 gifford1967, Nov 2, 2006
  2. rhadamanthus

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    The whole story is absolutely awesome, but the above quote is kickass.

    [​IMG]

    "Trust me, that tactic usually does not work out so well"
     
    #2 rhadamanthus, Nov 2, 2006
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    Everyday I'm on the street just checkin' em out, checkin' em out, checkin' em out
    Everybody in here thinks I'm so devout, so devout, so devout
    I can't stand the way they look, the way they dress
    the way they cut their hair
    I got the best of both worlds, I'll tell you why

    Every day they come to me, they checkin' me out, checkin' me out, checkin' me out
    They say "Give me love, give me hope, give me life eternal"
    "Life eternal"!! That's what they say !
    And every night I'm on the street just checkin' em out, checkin' em out, checkin' em out
    I got the best of both worlds I'll tell you why.

    Keep your pain and keep your lies - this is the life for me
    I don't need no alibis - this is the life for me
    I preach by day and love by night - this is the life for me
    Hey, all you sinners, just get in line ! This is the life for me
     
    #3 ima_drummer2k, Nov 2, 2006
  4. finalsbound

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    [​IMG]

    "LAWL u guyz r so funny."
     
    #4 finalsbound, Nov 2, 2006
  5. RocketMan Tex

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    Let those without sin be the first to cast stones....

    ....or something like that. Hey...I'm Jewish! I don't have this stuff memorized!

    ;) :D
     
    #5 RocketMan Tex, Nov 2, 2006
  6. rhadamanthus

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    [​IMG]
     
    #6 rhadamanthus, Nov 2, 2006
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    This is a pretty dramatic case, but I can assure you that every single leader of a Christian church or organisation in the world is also a sinner, and so is every one of the members of these organisations. This doesn’t let this guy off the hook for what he’s done, of course. I’m just making the point that it’s not Christianity that has done these things and these things are not condoned by Christianity. There are just the failings of an individual human being.
     
    #7 Grizzled, Nov 2, 2006
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    ".....hallelujah it's raining men....."
     
    #8 underoverup, Nov 2, 2006
  9. halfbreed

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    I think it's more the irony here that catches people's attention. It's the fact that he's president of the organization that makes this story newsworthy and not the act itself.
     
    #9 halfbreed, Nov 2, 2006
  10. Mr. Brightside

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    Maybe he thought the gay man was a women. In that case it was just a minor foible.
     
    #10 Mr. Brightside, Nov 2, 2006
  11. Grizzled

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    Fair enough. It certainly is a good opportunity for this organisation to learn a valuable lesson in humility. ;)
     
    #11 Grizzled, Nov 2, 2006
  12. No Worries

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    Morale values.

    WWJD?

    Good Times.
     
    #12 No Worries, Nov 2, 2006
  13. halfbreed

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    No child left behind?

    :(
     
    #13 halfbreed, Nov 2, 2006
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    Somehow I doubt that will ever happen
     
    #14 updawg, Nov 2, 2006
  15. basso

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    was it a religious experience?
     
    #15 basso, Nov 2, 2006
  16. RocketMan Tex

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    Dunno.

    Perhaps President Dolittle should look into Pastor Haggard's soul like he did with Vladimir Putin.


    :D :D
     
    #16 RocketMan Tex, Nov 2, 2006
  17. robbie380

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    who? ;)
     
    #17 robbie380, Nov 2, 2006
  18. losttexan

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    LMAO!,

    I wonder if this will make it on the new networks, sure like to see what fox says about it.
     
    #18 losttexan, Nov 2, 2006
  19. giddyup

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    Chicken or Egg?

    Is it a gay man who can't deal with being gay (for whatever reason) hiding behind the organization...

    OR

    what else could it be?
     
    #19 giddyup, Nov 2, 2006
  20. rhester

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    I don't know that minister and I am not a member of their organization but,

    this is one of the fastest trial, case, verdict and sentences I have seen in a long time. ;)
     
    #20 rhester, Nov 2, 2006
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