Just read this in the Advocate this morning: Baptist minister charged with indecent exposure. On some level, I don’t want to feel sorry for him because he may had some role, however small, in perpetuating homophobia and uptightness about sex in general. I do feel sorry because A: he’s a victim of his own priggish mentality, and B: he will be out of work soon. He should have thought about B before doing this:
- Driving under the influence.
- Public urination at a carwash (especially in front of children).
- Wearing a skirt at the incident.
- Sexually propositioning (presumably male) police officers when they arrived at the scene.
He’ll probably get rushed off into ex-gay rehab, never to be heard from again.
Update: This video, “Ted Haggard is Completely Heterosexual” seems appropriate:
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That would, no doubt, be a condition of his employment at both the church and the radio stations. Where’s that “Ted Haggard’s completely heterosexual” (comedy folk song) when you need it?
No, we’ll hear from him again in 20 days when he completes the Ted Haggard Homosexuality Reversal Program™ (“No More Pole Smokin’ or Your Money Back!!”), when he will be held up as a shining example of what the Power of Jesus Christ® can achieve.
THEN we’ll never hear from him again.
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