She was one of a kind and despite the bad press before and after the crash of PTL Club, Tammy Faye Bakker always kept her head high. Moreover, she became a true friend to the LGBT community even though it caused animosity towards here from other evenagelicals. She showed herself to be a much greater follower of Jesus' example that the self-righteous Christianists. Her son, Jay Bakker told Larry King that he cherishes what he learned from a lifetime with Messner:
BAKKER: I’ve learned a ton from my mom. She stood up for people when it wasn’t popular. She had one of the first people in the early ’80s on Christian Television with AIDS. I mean Reagan didn’t even mention the word AIDS during the ’80s and here my mom was talking about it on Christian Television.
She had one of the first MCC pastors, which is the first gay denomination. She did an interview with them and always that she might not have agreed on everything with them, she loved them and built a bridge. And I just had a huge conference for MCC and hundreds of people just said, your mom built the bridge between Christianity and homosexuality and we love her and pray for her every day.
And, to me, that’s — you know, she will not be forgotten not just by the gay community but all communities. The people really have loved her because she’s never changed when people tried to make her change. And she always stood up for the underdog and for those who were hurting.
Here are highlights from an article on Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com/id/2170989/?GT1=10238:
