Mega-church weathers gay sex sndal | Rters

Contents:

• TOP 5 ANTI-GAY MISTERS ACCED OF BEG HOMOSEXUAL
• THE TE STORY OF ‘A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL’ AND THE TRIALS OF A CLOSETED GAY POLICIAN
• COLORADO PASTOR ADMS TO GAY SEX, RIGNS CHURCH POST
• ANTI-GAY PASTOR RIGNS AFTER ALLEGEDLY 'BEG WH PROSTUT'
• AFTER EXOD: EVANGELILS REACT AS EX-GAY MISTRY STARTS OVER
• GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY
• MEGA-CHURCH WEATHERS GAY SEX SNDAL

TOP 5 ANTI-GAY MISTERS ACCED OF BEG HOMOSEXUAL

(RNS) — Former Colorado megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, who fell om grace 2006 after a gay sex-and-dg sndal, is now facg some of the same allegatns at another church.

Haggard went through a “spirual rtoratn” procs, and his wife, Gayle, wrote a book about the experience, lled “Why I Stayed.

THE TE STORY OF ‘A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL’ AND THE TRIALS OF A CLOSETED GAY POLICIAN

Haggard, once Ameri's leadg evangelil pastor, who was brought down and removed om his own mega-church after admtg to a gay sex sndal, has set up a new mistry and will hold the first service his new church wife, Gayle, who has stood by him throughout his troubl, will be the church's -pastor. He also beme print of the Natnal Associatn of that all end 2006, when a gay prostute said Haggard had paid him for sex.

Haggard now says he is heterosexual, but had gay urg bee he was molted by a man when he was a Haggard says he wants gays and bisexuals to e to his new church, whose first few meetgs will be held the garn of his suburban home. If you are straight, gay or bisexual, I want to walk through the scriptur wh you, " Haggard told a prs nference last week to announce his church. Haggard's view of homosexualy – and his own actns – appear bound to annoy almost everybody.

COLORADO PASTOR ADMS TO GAY SEX, RIGNS CHURCH POST

Many gay rights activists are offend by his view that his actns were ed by child abe and that is possible to receive unsellg for havg same-sex sexual feelgs. On the other hand, many evangelils are still outraged at his past nduct, and will be equally fur at his openly reachg out to gays, whom they believe are sng wh their sexualy.

When asked what he would tell a gay person who me to St Jam, he said: "I would tell them to study the scriptur.

ANTI-GAY PASTOR RIGNS AFTER ALLEGEDLY 'BEG WH PROSTUT'

"But he nied that he thought homosexualy was forbidn the Bible, a mon belief among many nservative Christians. The fallen pastors and lears clu famo men like Ted Haggard, one of many anti-gay activists ught beg gay, and Tony Alamo, who was sentenced to 175 years prison for pedophilia and marryg an eight-year-old girl. Photo: er upload imageEvangelil pastor Ted Haggard ranted agast the evils of premaral sex, adultery, and gay marriage.

That is, until he was ught a gay sex sndal  2006. Bishop Eddie Long is not the first preacher who ranted agast homosexualy, who turn was acced of beg gay.

There have been several others, all who have been acced of rryg out homosexual affairs the bedroom, while ragg agast gays the pulp. Here are 5 misters who preached agast homosexualy public yet were acced of dulgg homosexualy private. Gee Rekers is a baptist mister and one of the Christian Right’s most proment anti-gay activists.

AFTER EXOD: EVANGELILS REACT AS EX-GAY MISTRY STARTS OVER

He was on the board for the Natnal Associatn for Rearch & Therapy of Homosexualy, which tri to fd ways to “cure” homosexualy and ttified as a state wns favor of Florida’s gay adoptn ban trial.

Rekers was ught at an airport wh a gay prostute returng om a flight to Bermuda. Haggard would mpaign agast gay marriage and bash homosexualy Church. In 2006, a gay male prostute claimed that he had regular sex wh Haggard and also ed wh methamphetam.

Haggard would adm to beg gay and havg a relatnship wh a male church member. Eddie Long is another mister who would attack homosexualy public only to be acced of beg gay himself.

GEIA MEGACHURCH PASTOR REVEALS HE'S GAY

Eddie Long would preach agast homosexualy and mistered “homosexual cur” to gays and lbians while cricizg gay people. The SPLC would label Eddie Long as “one of the most vilently homophobic black lears the religly based anti-gay movement.

Pl Crouch is the founr, Print and chairman of the anti-gay Try Broadstg Networkg. Dpe the fact that the Catholic Church views homosexualy as an unnatural s, Geoghan was acced of moltg over 130 young boys.

To be gay Bra durg that era meant puttg onelf nstant danger of arrt.

MEGA-CHURCH WEATHERS GAY SEX SNDAL

“It was a very opprsive climate right up to and cludg the Margaret Thatcher years, ” says polil scientist David Raysi, the thor of On the Frge: Gays and Lbians Polics. “In the 1970s and 80s, the overwhelmg majory Bra thought homosexual activy was morally wrong. Like many untri, Bra had a long history of anti-gay discrimatn.

Even then, was followed by dranian measur to prevent gay relatnships, cludg the Crimal Law Amendment Act of 1885, which ma “gross cency” between men—a purposely vague term—a crimal act.

The panic over homosexualy ntued after World War II, wr historian Michael Bloch Closet Queens: Some 20th Century Brish Policians: “A fiercely homophobic Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, aid by an equally puranil Director of Public Prosecutns, Sir Theobold Matthew, was termed to ‘rid England of this plague. That report remend public statut should avoid legislatg moraly, and that the ernment should remove nsensual homosexual liaisons om crimal law. The 1967 Sexual Offens Act crimalized homosexual acts between nsentg adults private, though didn’t remove the stigma attendant on such acts.