Sure you are, pal (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2852851)
Put him back into the public light for a few years. Let's see what happens. ;)
Cindi
As Jon Stewart said: "...you can't catch 'gay', but 'gay' can sure as Hell catch you."
He has chosen the path of pain. Poor guy. But in the process, he does so much harm to everyone else.. like a grenade.. he destroys himself and takes others with him.. B($*&^!
He's been ostracized and told to leave the state... even after being completely "healed". What a Christian thing to do.
Hmmmm.... so much of this hits so close to home.
Cindi
Well. I, unlike others, believe that there is an excellent cure for homosexuality. It's called transition. :) I used to be gay, but the good lord Jesus cured me of my sinful homosexuality.
;)
Bri
Yeah, that is until the next time he gets caught. :)
Melissa
Would this be "homosexual purging?" ???
Quote from: Cindi Jones on February 07, 2007, 05:37:39 PM
He's been ostracized and told to leave the state... even after being completely "healed". What a Christian thing to do.
Hmmmm.... so much of this hits so close to home.
Cindi
In their defense, consider he was once the one spouting such bigotry in a mega-church until a few months ago. That, and there's the fact his affair happened outside "the sanctity of marriage." And the other guy was a drug-dealing prostitute, who supplied Haggard with the speed he was taking.
While that degree of intimidation is overkill, there's a substantial chance this guy is simply a greedy, power-hungry sociopath that by medical standards will be extremely difficult to rehabilitate anyway. It's hard to blame those people for wanting him far away from them and the ones they love.
Quote from: Cindi Jones on February 07, 2007, 05:37:39 PM
He's been ostracized and told to leave the state... even after being completely "healed". What a Christian thing to do.
Hmmmm.... so much of this hits so close to home.
Cindi
His followers must be people like Jennifer Thurman.
Quote from: Lori on February 07, 2007, 08:59:47 PM
His followers must be people like Jennifer Thurman.
D'you think their DNA has anything to do with it? >:D >:D >:D
Karen
I think that it is a different acid.... BNA bigotraybosnucleicacid
Has there been an investigation into the crimes he commited? Perhaps he should be tried, sent to jail, and then sent into a real rehab program rather than the voodoo mumbo jumbo.
Quote from: Kaelin on February 07, 2007, 08:49:25 PM
In their defense, consider he was once the one spouting such bigotry in a mega-church until a few months ago. That, and there's the fact his affair happened outside "the sanctity of marriage."
As if he could have had homosexual relations in "the sanctity of marriage" with gay marriage being made illegal by people who are "spouting such bigotry in a mega-church". :P
Melissa
Melissa, you are on a role lately. Quite a chuckle you gave me on this.
cindi
Knowing the kind of man he obviously is and the kind of people that are around him I'm not surprised that he was "cured." And so easily too! See? It works!! (where the heck is the irony icon?)
I guess they're making the only kind of hay they know how with what grew in their fields. Except that it's rotten before they even get it in the barn.
helen
Quote from: Cindi Jones on February 08, 2007, 07:51:35 PM
Melissa, you are on a role lately. Quite a chuckle you gave me on this.
Thanks, my muse has been close at hand lately. :)
Melissa
Three weeks of "intensive counseling" with four ministers? They could have just as easily convinced him that he was a platypus.
I can see it now....he's tied to a bed while they throw holy water on him and shout biblical verses at him until he barfs and the gay demon swears and flies away.
After going through some of this deprogramming myself, I can say that anyone will say anything just to get out of it. It is most unpleasant and demoralizing.
I certainly wish him the best. But I feel a sense of sorrow for someone who can't align their beliefs to their internal feelings. I find it most unfortunate that so many people fight their own demons by castigating those of others.
Cindi
Quote from: Cindi Jones on February 08, 2007, 09:40:12 PM
I find it most unfortunate that so many people fight their own demons by castigating those of others.
The art of projection knows no bounds...
-K
He should be glad he wasnt from another denomination of the christian chruches.... one man with 4 priests... *shudders*
It reminds me of a totaly inapropriate joke I know and if you want to hear it... find me in chat.
You mean a religion where priests and others in the hierarchy are always wearing fabulous robes, that higher-ups are typically brandishing rods, and where there are lots of alter children offered up with little-to-no outside oversight?
I have no idea what you are talking about.
This was posted at Americablog and I think it's probally fairly accurate....
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarksvilleonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2007%2F02%2Fhaggardsnickers.jpg&hash=23edcc2d8a32d3b7c352f0dea19ee0712522a3ce)
.................. ROFL!!
Great cartoon!
Cindi
ROFL, I love it!
Dennis
That's perfect...LMAO
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Combining two otherwise unrelated recent events - I love it!!!!
I just finished watching the Law and Order rip off of this story. I like the way they take a headline like this and play with it. In this episode, the preacher man was acused of killing his gay lover. The plot line seemed a little absurd. But.... the absurdity was also all too real. This sort of stuff does indeed go on.
Cindi
If there is anything TV shows can do well, it's imitate.