Regarding Mr. Ted Haggard, soon-to-be former resident of Colorado Springs and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals:
"He is completely heterosexual," [Rev. Tim] Ralph said. "That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing."
Full story from the NY Times here.
According to the article, they know Ted isn't gay because he says he's not gay. cough Mark Foley cough
This is curious for a few reasons:
- I never knew you could get certified as straight by a panel of evangelicals. Seriously. How does Reverend Tim confirm that good old Ted is not gay (anymore)? Is there a five-part test? Did they go to the Tit-n-Whistle in Colorado Springs and get their groove on?
- When my 3 year old throws his Tonka truck, that's acting out. When the president of one of the country's (world's?) most influential evangelical organizations (reportedly) takes methamphetimines while engaging in gay sex with a prostitute, that is...something else.
Update: Keith Olbermann just had a very funny short segment on this news. Worth watching just for the oral sex comment!