Ted Haggard’s wife missed lies, hypocrisy before; but plugs new book anyway, claiming gay “problem” is “solved”
”At that point, I was ignorant of the gravity. I felt as though we all struggle in different areas of our life, and certainly in our sexuality, so I was willing to forgive him. That was painful at that time…. He had gone to a counselor … I felt as though the problem was pretty much solved…. It’s kind of our psychology of the day actually, but I don’t think is — is actually helpful to people…. Ted was dealing with certain compulsions that were unwanted. They were thoughts that would come into his mind. They weren’t something that he wanted to — to embrace as himself…. He had some experiences as a child that kept replaying in his mind.”
Gayle Haggard, wife of disgraceful mega-church preacher Ted Haggard who, as most will remember, went from being a fixture on the Christian televangelist circuit (and a major Evangelical leader) to persona non grata in his own church. After a male escort, Mike Jones, put forth allegations that involved gay sex and drugs with Haggard, he and his wife were sent packing and ordered to leave their Colorado home. Here, Mrs. Haggard is responding to a question about why she didn’t recognize his same-sex needs after an ”earlier incident” with another man. (Today Show / NBC)
She writes a book now saying he has “solved” his same-sex ways, but she did not write a book during any of the years when she knew Mr. Haggard was publicly voicing his anti-gay beliefs — not until he was deposed of his pastoral position and their fame and fortune. During unbelievable appearances with talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Ted Haggard claimed he’s not gay, and now has no more same-sex urges after receiving “therapy” for the behavior — behavior he will only partially admit to. After pushing their 2009 HBO documentary, the couple appears to be continuing their need for media attention with Gayle Haggard’s latest attempt to milk their anti-gay, ex-gay “spiritual” pack of repeated untruths which they refer to as “a marriage.”
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