Comments on: Dobson quits Haggard ‘counselling’ team http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/11/08/dobson-quits-haggard-counselling-team/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:45:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/11/08/dobson-quits-haggard-counselling-team/comment-page-1/#comment-32230 Bene Diction Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:42:07 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2791#comment-32230 Ironic. Lou Sheldon (Lucky Louie) is known for the Abramoff scandal, his homophobia, and relationships with other dominionist groups, creationism, and anti hate speech legislation lobbying. His 2004 film with Trent Lott, his association with Santorum... Thanks for the link, interesting article, I hadn't heard this. I suspect Mr. Sheldon wants some media time, an opportunity to lick political wounds and re-position himself. I don't think the religious right is out of the game and I'm curious as to why (given his rampant homophobia) Sheldon hints at suspecting drug use in personal conversations with Haggard. This is the key gossip graph, isn't it? "Sheldon disclosed that he and “a lot” of others knew about Haggard’s homosexuality “for awhile ... but we weren’t sure just how to deal with it.” Ironic.
Lou Sheldon (Lucky Louie) is known for the Abramoff scandal, his homophobia, and relationships with other dominionist groups, creationism, and anti hate speech legislation lobbying. His 2004 film with Trent Lott, his association with Santorum…

Thanks for the link, interesting article, I hadn’t heard this.
I suspect Mr. Sheldon wants some media time, an opportunity to lick political wounds and re-position himself.
I don’t think the religious right is out of the game and I’m curious as to why (given his rampant homophobia) Sheldon hints at suspecting drug use in personal conversations with Haggard.
This is the key gossip graph, isn’t it?

“Sheldon disclosed that he and “a lot” of others knew about Haggard’s homosexuality “for awhile … but we weren’t sure just how to deal with it.”

]]> By: Larry Cohler-Esses http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/11/08/dobson-quits-haggard-counselling-team/comment-page-1/#comment-32216 Larry Cohler-Esses Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:31:53 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2791#comment-32216 Were Christian right leaders covering up for Rev. Ted Haggard the way GOP congressional leadership is alleged to have done with Rep. Tom Foley? See Rev. Louis Sheldon's dislosure in The Jewish Week of New York's post-election report on the Evangelical right: http://thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=13253 Relevant section also highlighted in the blog "Jspot" (jspot.org), pasted below: Evangelicals Knew Rev. Ted Haggard Was Gay?!? by Mik Moore November 9th, 2006 This nugget slipped into Larry Cohler-Esses’ article this week: Then, as if things could not get worse, there was the disgrace of Sheldon’s own friend and colleague, Rev. Ted Haggard, the Colorado mega-church leader and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an even bigger pillar of Republican support on the Christian right. Sheldon disclosed that he and “a lot” of others knew about Haggard’s homosexuality “for awhile … but we weren’t sure just how to deal with it.” Months before a male prostitute publicly revealed Haggard’s secret relationship with him, and the reverend’s drug use as well, “Ted and I had a discussion,” explained Sheldon, who said Haggard gave him a telltale signal then: “He said homosexuality is genetic. I said, no it isn’t. But I just knew he was covering up. They need to say that.” Sheldon insisted that being in opposition in the House “will be a huge energizing factor for us” as politics shifts toward the selection of a presidential nominee for 2008. I haven’t been following this issue so closely, but is this news to anyone else? Were Christian right leaders covering up for Rev. Ted Haggard the way GOP congressional leadership is alleged to have done with Rep. Tom Foley? See Rev. Louis Sheldon’s dislosure in The Jewish Week of New York’s post-election report on the Evangelical right:

http://thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=13253

Relevant section also highlighted in the blog “Jspot” (jspot.org), pasted below:

Evangelicals Knew Rev. Ted Haggard Was Gay?!?
by Mik Moore
November 9th, 2006

This nugget slipped into Larry Cohler-Esses’ article this week:

Then, as if things could not get worse, there was the disgrace of Sheldon’s own friend and colleague, Rev. Ted Haggard, the Colorado mega-church leader and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an even bigger pillar of Republican support on the Christian right. Sheldon disclosed that he and “a lot” of others knew about Haggard’s homosexuality “for awhile … but we weren’t sure just how to deal with it.”

Months before a male prostitute publicly revealed Haggard’s secret relationship with him, and the reverend’s drug use as well, “Ted and I had a discussion,” explained Sheldon, who said Haggard gave him a telltale signal then: “He said homosexuality is genetic. I said, no it isn’t. But I just knew he was covering up. They need to say that.”

Sheldon insisted that being in opposition in the House “will be a huge energizing factor for us” as politics shifts toward the selection of a presidential nominee for 2008.

I haven’t been following this issue so closely, but is this news to anyone else?

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