Ted Haggard - The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Good old Ted Haggard, former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs right in Daddy Dobson's backyard, keeps of making news which, hopefully, will continue to make some people look at the hypocrisy of so many of the demagogues of the Christian Right (which is neither Christian nor right). In my opinion, Haggard is not unique among the Christo-fascists who seem to have an undue obsession with sex and all things sexual. Cases in point: Robert Knight and Peter LaBarbera who are absolutely obsessed with homosexuality and gay sex. In my opinion, their obsession derives from their own suppressed desires to engage in precisely what they condemn due to their religious fanaticism. Here are some highlights from KRDO News 13 (in my opinion, Knight and LaBarbera will get all hot and bothered reading the e-mail quotes):

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COLORADO SPRINGS - In an e-mail obtained by NEWSCHANNEL 13, former New Life Church Pastor Ted Haggard admits to sexual contact with a gay escort and using drugs. . . . Haggard sent the e-mail to close family friend Kurt Serpe back in October. In it, he writes: "I was referred to Mike Jones from the concierge at a Marriott hotel when I asked for a masseur." The e-mail then becomes more detailed and sexual in nature. "It was during the massage that it started to become sensual, and that led to him masturbating me," writes Haggard. He continues with "That was and is our only sexual contact." Haggard adds because it was immoral it was this experience that caused him to confess immorality.

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Jones went public about his alleged three-year paid relationship with Haggard in November 2006. Haggard was forced to quit as leader of New Life Church and head of The National Association of Evangelicals. The e-mail also talks about drugs Haggard bought from Jones. "During the conversation with Mike during and after the time he masturbated me, he told me about some drugs that he could get for me that would enhance my masturbation experience."

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"He craved sex, he was a sexaholic," says Serpe. He believes it had nothing to do with homosexuality, but more about masturbation and gratification. "This is something that he has been struggling with all of his life," says Serpe. He says Haggard told him the relationship lasted only three-months, not three years.

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Jones stands behind his claim that the relationship involved numerous encounters during three-years and denies selling Haggard drugs. We tried several times to contact Haggard, but he never responded to our requests.