Current mood:	depressed
Entry tags:	stupid religion

Sigh
This whole Ted Haggard thing is just depressing.

I feel so bad for his family. A wife, five kids. This is a lot to be going through. I just hope his wife is okay--closet cases usually don't use protection.

I've never liked the guy. He's always struck me as a slimy, phony, used car salesman of a preacher. He preaches hate and discrimination. He claims to be "pro-life," and wants to take the rights of women away, yet supports a false war that has killed thousands of innocents, and thinks it's perfectly okay to torture people overseas. I was not surprised when I heard the news. Hypocrisy is not a new thing for him.

The fact that he was seeing a gay prostitute isn't the issue. That's just a symptom of the problem. No, the issue is this toxic faith that reeks havoc in so many lives. It's toxic faith that pushed him into cumpulsory heterosexuality, it's toxic faith that pushed him to preach that gay people are going to hell (while getting fucked on the side). It's a faith that places utmost importance on appearance rather than action. It's a faith that gives a sense of pride, self-importance, and entitlement.

It's true that Christ forgives us. But forgiveness doesn't mean that we won't face earthly consequences. These things needed to be brought to light. Maybe this will encourage Evangelicals to look more closely at their positions on homosexuality.