It was a quick downfall for Ted Haggard, the former head of the National Association of Evangelicals who was undone by a ” title=”The Unlikely Disciple” target=”_blank”>The Unlikely Disciple,” has an ” title=”TPMMuckraker sums up” target=”_blank”>TPMMuckraker sums up Haggard’s most-surprising comment:
In a new GQ profile, Rev. Ted Haggard addresses the continued assumptions that he’s gay, following revelations years ago that the prominent evangelical had a drug-fueled sexual relationship with a gay male former escort: “I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual.”
But, he told GQ’s Kevin Roose: “I’m 54, with children, with a belief system, and I can have enforced boundaries in my life. Just like you’re a heterosexual but you don’t have sex with every woman that you’re attracted to, so I can be who I am and exclusively have sex with my wife and be perfectly satisfied.”
