After it was revealed that he was guilty of sexual involvement with a man for three years last November, Ex- Pastor Ted Haggard denies he is gay.
Running counter to public opinion and conventional understanding, Haggard believes he is fully heterosexual, a minister has told The Denver Post.
Knowledge of his deviant definition came from the Rev. Tim Ralph of Larkspur, CO who participated on the "Oversight Committee" for the three weeks of counseling the wayward reverend underwent.
Ralph said Haggard discovered that he is completely heterosexual. "It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing."
It is not known whether Haggard ever acknowledged his perverse actions as "homosexual," but he did admit to having "sexually immoral" conduct with Mike Jones the male prostitute who exposed their extramarital affair. As a married man who engaged in sexual activity with another man, denying his homosexuality or bi-sexuality is classic "down low" behavior.
The 4-member investigation committee sought testimony from people who were close to Haggard and have determined that this incident was the only time he strayed in his marriage.
The tarnished preacher was advised to pursue secular work and to move to a place where he can heal. His ex-lover attended New Life Church last month reportedly just to see what it was like.
Meanwhile, Haggard and his wife, Gayle plan to relocate together and pursue master's degrees in psychology he shared in an email to the church recently.
Voice your opinion: Is it possible to have same sex intercourse, attraction, or emotional involvement and not be gay? Should Ted Haggard return to the pulpit?
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I am a lesbian, so I have a more well-rounded point of view here. I do believe that it is possible for a heterosexual to have had a relationship of some kind (it usually is a short-term deal) with someone of the same sex.
Statistics (as reliable as they may or may not be) indicate that a great percentage of heterosexual males and females have admitted to having a sexual encounter of some sort with someone of the same sex. It is evidently part of growing up, or something. May explain why so many hetero men are seemingly homophobic.
I suppose it is no different than when a homosexual "comes out of the closet" after years of having been married to someone of the opposite sex. This is happening less often now, because of a more tolerant society, but it still happens.
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