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Ted Haggard's Wife Submits Excerpts From Book "Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour" To Springs Paper

Colorado Springs Gazette | Mark Barna | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

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Gayle Haggard is about to have her say on the 2006 sex scandal that led her husband, Ted, to resign as head of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. ...

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Ted Haggard Prayer Meetings: Ex-Counselors "Wish He Would Not Do This"

The Christian Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

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A member of Ted Haggard's now-defunct restoration team says he and the others wish the former megachurch pastor would have followed their counsel rath...

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Ted Haggard To Host More Prayer Services After Last Week's High Turnout

Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

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Former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard says the prayer group started in his basement last week could ultimately turn into a new church. The pastor...

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Ted Haggard Prayer Meeting: People Who Showed Up 'Believe In Resurrection'

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says a well-attended prayer meeting at his home wasn't the start of a new church...

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Ted Haggard To Lead Church Once Again

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ted Haggard, who was dismissed from the megachurch he founded after a man alleged a cash-for-sex relationship with him...

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Ted Haggard Opens Up To Colorado Springs Independent: "I'm Here To Be Faithful To Me"

The Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver

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...And if I said the things that the therapists have said to me, some people out there would read it as me giving an excuse, which I don't want to do....

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HuffPost Book Review: Republican Gomorrah

Jane Smiley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

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Republican Gomorrah is full of crimes--both those we've already heard of, such as Abramoff's and Ted Haggard's, and those we haven't.

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Hypocrisy in High Places

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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When we repress important needs and desires so severely that we are unable to accept them as a part of ourselves, we give up the possibility of a controlled, thoughtful response to them.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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Inside Out: Hate is Scorched in this Book's Glaring Sunshine

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

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For even the most religious reader, this coffee table book brings the dark, drag subculture out of the closet.

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Note To Spitzer: Gremilns?!

Lionel | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

No arena has been spared its own blemish and moral hiccup. Sports, entertainment, politics, the clergy -- name it.

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Ted Haggard, Wife Gayle To Appear On "Divorce Court"

AP | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard and his wife are planning another TV appearance, this time to talk about their m...

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Why Limbaugh Is Right to Oppose Obama's Economic Policies

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

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Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh wants Barack Obama's economic policies to fail. He said it, he said it again, and he said it again at CPAC. Limbaug...

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Ted Haggard: Say Hello To My Little Friend "Ted Two"

Lisa Derrick | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Now it becomes clearer what the Haggards meant when they assured Oprah and America they had a great sex life.

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Compassion and Criticism

Sam Greenfield | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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One day, Ted Haggard may be the first gay evangelical minister. One day those of his faith may come forward and open the closet door and find peace. I wish all this for him.

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Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard

Michael Shermer | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

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To find peace and happiness in life you have to be true to yourself, and herein lies Pastor Ted's conflict: Being true to himself meant being in absolute conflict with his religion, which was also his livelihood.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Alexandra Pelosi

Vickie Karp | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

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Alexandra Pelosi spoke about Americans she has met on the far right who are devastated by the loss of John McCain, feel a dream has been lost, and why all of this matters to liberals.

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"Ted Haggard is working hard to tell the truth"

Joan Garry | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

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Ted told the truth about something on Good Morning America. He said he is back in the spotlight because "I needed to say I am sorry." OK, I'm ready. The gay community is ready.

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Ted Haggard, Oprah Interview: Haggard And Wife Discuss Gay Sex Scandal (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Disgraced Pastor ted Haggard's fall from grace was swift and devastating. Once one of America's most influential religio...

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Ted Haggard's Wife, Gayle, Discusses Husband's Same-Sex Attraction

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard's wife says she knew about his struggles with same-sex attraction for years and felt he was "win...

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Grant Haas: Ted Haggard Masturbation Witness Speaks

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A young man who formerly attended New Life Church says that then-pastor Ted Haggard performed a sex act in front of hi...

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Ted Haggard Sex, Drugs, Bribery Scandals: The Full Timeline

Colorado Independent | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Need a scorecard to keep track of the latest Ted Haggard-New Life Church scandals? We've got you covered. Click on the headlines to read the full st...

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Ted Haggard New Gay Sex Allegations

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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DENVER — Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to ...

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Pelosi Reached Out To Ted Haggard After Sex Scandal

U.S. News And World Report | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Ted Haggard, the megachurch pastor and National Association of Evangelicals president felled by a gay sex and drugs scandal in 2006, says that House S...

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Ted Haggard HBO Documentary: Disgraced Evangelical Will Promote Film, Admit Struggles With Sexuality

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media

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Fallen evangelical leader Ted Haggard, who was disgraced by a gay sex/meth scandal in 2006, is back — and he's taking his story to HBO in a docu...

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