I’m not going to say much about this: It speaks for itself, but I felt that I needed to blog it. Haggard was a money-making-minister who was preaching against such "evils" as homosexuality (Evil?- WTF? Certain people have some strange ideas!) while ripping off the US Bible-Belt to pay for his gay affairs with male prostitutes and his secret drug habit. – One among many similar stories that have surfaced this year, 2008. Personally I fail to see why being gay is such a big deal that they make such a great fuss about yet ignore the reality that they themselves are spreading phobia-based hatred throughout society based on the ramblings of a bronze-age book. They do a lot more harm than good as it is; and when one or more of them at Haggard’s level is found out to be a total hypocrite it hits the headlines.

In my opinion I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that they’re all up to much the same thing; from the average lay-person (Pun intended.) in the congregation to the leaders.

It’s all a huge farce; the only point of which is to fill empty lives with some sort of meaning, in addition to making the select few stinking rich: It’s a joke; and not a very tasteful joke either.

This kind of thing appears to be fairly standard and widespread practice in the USA; although only the reports of bigtime hypocrites ever make it to the newsrooms. Draw your own conclusions: