Originally Posted By SuperDry Check this one out: <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5164921" target="_blank">http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5 164921</a> Remember this guy? The one that was the President of the National Association of Evangelicals until he got caught in a sexual relationship with a male prostitute? <<< [Rev Tim] Ralph said three weeks of counseling at an undisclosed Arizona treatment center helped Haggard immensely and left Haggard sure of one thing. "He is completely heterosexual," Ralph said. "That is something he discovered." >>> Well, thank God for that.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder What a big, stinking joke. So just how do they "cure" him? One can only guess. And how do they ascertain such a thing? And in just 90 days or so, imagine that. Are any of these people in touch with reality at all?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Isn't this the same guy who claimed he bought meth, but never used it? Yeah, he's credible. What I loved was the phone message of him calling the prostitute saying he wanted to buy some "more" meth for $200. So presumably, he bought some earlier, didn't use it, then called the hooker again so he could get some more just so he could turn right around and not use it again. I really thought this guy would stay underground longer, so that fewer people would remember what a joke he was.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>They are aware of something called "bi-curious" right?<< One would assume that three years of sex-for-pay with a male prostitute would have more than satisfied "bi-curiosity." This whole think looks like the typical whitewash job these kind of situations bring about. I will say I am pleased that they aren't going to send him right back into ministry.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< PRAISE THE LORD! >>> No, I think you have this guy confused with someone else. There have been no reports of Haggard's wife having big, purple hair, at least as far as I'm aware of.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's 2007, and people think that homosexuality can be 'cured.' Oh frickin' brother.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "He is completely heterosexual," Ralph said. "That is something he discovered." EUREKA!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka <<One would assume that three years of sex-for-pay with a male prostitute would have more than satisfied "bi-curiosity.">> He's really, REALLY curious.
Originally Posted By ecdc I wonder if there's an undisclosed treatment center that helps cure people from the dreadful disease of idiocy for believing that one can be cured of homosexuality.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I sure hope they didn't expect to GAIN any credibility with an announcement like this.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Actually, nowhere in the article do they say he was "cured." They say that after three weeks of intensive counseling he has determined he is completely heterosexual, though he had long battled against "feelings contrary to his beliefs." What I find odd is a single sentence buried in the article: >>Among other things, the overseers urged Haggard to enter a 12-step program for sexual addiction...<< So in the world this man occupies, it is somehow less dreadful to be a sexual addict than gay? I guess for one who claims to buy, but not use, methamphetamines, such distinctions are more easily parsed.
