Shipwrecked by the Laughter of the Gods

In a June 2005 Wall Street Journal article, "Ted Haggard, the head of the 30-million strong National Association of Evangelicals, jokes that the only disagreement between himself and the leader of the Western world is automotive: Mr. Bush drives a Ford pickup, whereas he prefers a Chevy." Link

Perhaps Bush's Press Secretary would like to add one more difference to the list- Mr Bush spends his free time clearing scrub in Texas- whereas Haggard flies to Denver for amphetamine heightened sex trysts with male escorts. Link

In 2004, the NAE that Haggard led reaffirmed, that "Homosexual activity, like adulterous relationships, is clearly con­demned in the Scriptures."

As Kahlil Gibran wrote-

"But what of those to whom life is not an ocean, and man-made laws are not sand-towers,

But to whom life is a rock, and the law a chisel with which they would carve it in their own likeness?

What of the cripple who hates dancers?

What of the ox who loves his yoke and deems the elk and deer of the forest stray and vagrant things?

What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?

And of him who comes early to the wedding-feast, and when over-fed and tired goes his way saying that all feasts are violation and all feasters law-breakers?

What shall I say of these save that they too stand in the sunlight, but with their backs to the sun?

They see only their shadows, and their shadows are their laws."