Comments on: The Trials of Ted Haggard

By: Codswallop

Codswallop — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:54:39 +0000

I thought they cured him of his Gay.

By: spazeboy

spazeboy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:41:11 +0000

Apparently he's still struggling with his sexuality but will stick with his marriage for the children. So you're probably right that he never outright admits that he's gay, but the linked article has him admitting to be a loser.

By: grazatt

grazatt — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:59:53 +0000

from what I have seen of Alexandra Pelosi she seems like a bit of a twit.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:03:28 +0000

I saw a television interview with Haggard where he went on and on about how ashamed he was at how he’s let down everyone. Oddly enough, he stopped short of saying that the primary way he let down everyone was by being such a hypocritical asshole. Apparently, whatever moral shortcomings he may suffer from, hypocrisy is either not one of them, or it’s not a moral shortcoming.

Happy Monkey!

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:37:59 +0000

It’ll be a sympathetic portrayal, with Haggard saying he did something wrong but he has asked for God’s forgiveness. At no point will he admit he’s gay. By the end of the film, he’ll be slowly working his way back into churches, trying to reclaim his popularity and power.

If Haggard says anything about having done something wrong, he’ll mean that doing homosexual things was wrong, but he and probably most of the audience will be missing the point. The only thing he did that was wrong was to amass money and power by appealing to people’s hatred, ignorance and fear against gays. The fact that he turned out to be one does not really add or subtract from his being a demagogue, it only adds hypocrisy as a side issue that makes him more vulnerable to ridicule.

I doubt that he will ever repent of how he has hurt many many innocent people by his selling homophobia.