{"id":9036,"date":"2006-11-11T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9036.html"},"modified":"2006-11-11T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2006-11-11T14:45:18","slug":"run-ted-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/run-ted-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Run, Ted, run!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Morbo<\/a><\/p>\n

And now some non-election news: When we last left former National Association of Evangelicals President Ted Haggard, he had confessed his sins and asked for forgiveness.<\/p>\n

“I am a deceiver and a liar<\/a>,” Haggard wrote in a letter of apology to his congregation. “There’s a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life.”<\/p>\n

Oh, now stop, Ted! You’re gay. It’s not like you ate the school crossing guard.<\/p>\n

Here’s more bad news: Rather than learn to accept his sexual orientation, Haggard has decided to put himself in the care of a bunch of evangelical leaders for “rehabilitation.” James Dobson of Focus on the Family was among the original group but recently dropped out<\/a>, citing the press of his other duties. (Wow, some friend he is. Always there when you need him — not!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, nothing good can come of this approach.
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\nThese nuts will simply force Haggard through “reparative therapy” to “cure” him of his homosexuality. They might as well try to cure him of being a white guy.<\/p>\n

I suppose there’s a good chance Haggard will emerge saying he is cured. He might even write a book. But I look for him to fall again, Jimmy Swaggart-like, by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n

I have a message for Ted: There is a better way. Come out of the closet. It’s dark and scary in there. Walk into the light. Accept yourself. If there’s a God, he made you the way you are for a reason. Deal with that.<\/p>\n

If Christianity is important to you, keep it. There are other varieties out there aside from fundamentalist Christianity. It’s obvious one thing about you has to change. I’m not a psychologist, but my guess is it’s a heck of a lot easier to change your religion than your sexual orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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