Reverend Ted isn’t just a Bush Administration insider who had a personal gay male hooker and meth dealer. He’s an author! MORE »

The Internet just gives and gives and gives:

Ted Haggard’s wife reveals that it’s challenging to be married to a Big Shot Evangelist. But her faith helped her through the tough times:

God met me, spoke to me, and helped me as I sought Him. I learned to lean on Him and He so satisfied me that I felt increasingly free to love my husband and to participate with him in ministry and the life and calling God has given to us. I believe God delights in this type of relationship.

Yowza! No wonder Ted had to seek the pleasures of a male hooker from Denver! Gayle Haggard was being fucked by God! MORE »

Haggard in happier days:

New Life Church leader, Bush best buddy, and Evangelical Right bigwig Ted Haggard resigned yesterday after a male escort claimed to the press that he’d had lotsa gay sex with the good pastor. Haggard’s church sent out this email to supporters last night:

From: Pastor Ross Parsley Mailed-By: newlifechurch.org
Date: Nov 2, 2006 10:59 PM
Subject: Update from Pastor Ross

Dear New Lifers and friends of New Life Church,

Many of you have expressed concern about today’s news regarding our pastor. Thank you all for your prayers and support, and for your concern for our church family.

As you’ve likely heard by now, Pastor Ted has voluntarily placed himself on administrative leave as New Life’s senior pastor to allow our external board of overseers to work effectively. Below is the statement that we released to the media on Thursday afternoon.

Since that time, the board of overseers has met with Pastor Ted. It is important for you to know that he confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true. He has willingly and humbly submitted to the authority of the board of overseers, and will remain on administrative leave during the course of the investigation.

Ok, there are two accusations against Pastor Ted.

One: Gay sex with a hooker.
Two: Methamphetamines.

And those go together like Nancy Pelosi and Islamofascists. So our money’s on “some” meaning “all.”

Christ, this really is the best midterm election season ever.

Update: Haggard’s voicemails re. buying meth are after the jump!

Ted Haggard Confesses [Non-Prophet]

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Ted Haggard, previously mentioned here, just fucking resigned from the National Association of Evangelicals due to the rumors of his employing a gay escort named Mike Jones (and doing meth). Jones claims to have saved voicemails from the pastor, who still denies it all, but this is still weird fucking news. MORE »

Illustration from Robert Lanham’s The Sinner’s Guide to the Evangelical Right, which is an awesome book. MORE »