SCANDAL, CONT’D — Ever been trapped in an incredibly uncomfortable conversation and wish you can run away and hide? Well, that’s the feeling you’re going to have after listening to Michaelangelo Signorile interview Ted Haggard accuser Grant Haas, who was paid off by the New Life Church to keep quiet about his relationship with the fallen pastor.
It’s a major gross-out fest and even Signorile looks appalled as he listens to Grant explain Haggard’s “party formula” and how Haggard told Haas “that since I preferred to be in a “top” position that it would be easy to become straight because “an asshole is similar to a vagina.” Do we need to mention this is NSFW?
Qjersey
If the “asshole is so similar to the vagina” why are straight men obsessed with getting their women to give up the booty?
Michael
So bizarre about the bootcamp and the being naked around other guys to “cure” you of homosexuality. A few years ago I wrote pretty much the same thing in my comic “Troy”, but I made it up! I thought I was being over-the-top, so ridiculous it’s funny. Check that out here: http://troycomics.com/Troy_124LayYourHands.html
Darth Paul
@Michael: It just underscores how militant organizations implicitly promote bumfun.
getreal
I’m sick of these fundamentalists making all christians look like crazy idiots.
Jack
@getreal: Yeah, let the regular Christians have a go!
ww3
well it’s function is very similar to a vagina…anyway…it sounds like he read some gay sex 101 pamphlet cranked out of the validating corners of his mind, it creates a warm fuzzy feeling inside me, like i want to say “aww, how cute is the hagg smack?”
greg
When I hear Ted’s “an asshole is similar to a vagina” I can only think of Camilie Paglia’s quote “Penis fits vagina”. We need to get them together.
George
Is it just me, or does this Camp sound kinda hot?
jarvisbearcub
“a website, I guess, squirt.org, a website for hookups I guess?”
Maybe it’s not that prominent in the US, but I don’t know anyone here in the UK who doesn’t know that site. Yikes, not only to haggard but to this dj! lol
BrianZ
@Jack: Ok I have to say thank you: I actually had a very genuine, deep laugh from your comment 🙂
Grant sure is werkin the circuit telling his story isn’t he? Whatever pays the bills.
Jeff
It is very sad for the boys and who were victims and for their families. It is hideous to think that this went on in a ‘church’ environment. It is HILARIOUS that once again, intolerant bible thumpers make themselves look like idiots and perverts to the world. Classic. This is the ‘lords’ work in action.
JJJJ
Grant Haas might be lying his head off with dopey Signorile sucking it all up.
getreal
@Jack: That comment says more about your small mind than anything else. When you make knee jerk insulting remarks about all christian it’s just like idiot fundamentalists making jokes about all LGBT people.
Jeff
Christians dedicate themselves to destroying everyone who doesn’t follow their beliefs. You are small minded if you believe they aren’t evil to the core.
getreal
@Jeff: No every christian is not rotten to the core and there are a lot of christians out there who are sick of the idiot fundamentalists representing us. At both equality summits there were christian contingents there to work for change and equality. It is small minded to think that hundreds of millions of people are evil to the core because of what a segment of their population does. By the way I’m a christian was raised in a christian home and was raised from birth to believe God made some of us gay and some of us straight so homophobic people are simply misguided usually hateful people to be pitied.
jeff
After being raised in it and observing the hate myself, I think I’m pretty well on point. Stop worrying about changing my mind…go fix what’s wrong with your religion and then get back to me. Prove me wrong…I dare you. And I hope you DO prove me wrong…
getreal
I don’t have to prove you wrong. I have to live my life as a christian the right way supporting equality and justice and fighting for it for it at each and every opportunity.I have no more control over what other christians do than you do. It is religion that is the problem it is people who twist it to rationalize their own hateful behavior. I’m not worried about changing your mind I only thought I could appeal to your sense of humanity by pointing out it is not dignified to voice prejudice about a whole group of people be they gays, jews, blacks or christians based on the actions of the most extreme and hateful segment of their population. It would be silly for someone to judge all Caucasians by the actions of Jeffrey Dahmer and it is silly to judge all christians by homophobic fundamentalists. I took for granted that people in the LGBT community would be open-minded not prejudiced but as I read more and more posts like yours I realize that is really naive.
getreal
I meant to put it is not religion that was the problem but the people who twist it… when i feel passionate boy does my typing suffer
jeff
I respect your opinion friend. I do not speak for the LGBT community. I only speak for myself. But come on, you must admit the majority of christians are widely known for harming young gay lives at every opportunity, often leaving them embarrassed and humiliated in front of friends and family, with their sense of self worth stripped from them. Many of whom eventually contemplate suicide. These ‘christians’ have a tremendous amount to answer for. They have the blood of countless gay kids on their hands. Therefore to me, the line between gay friendly christians and non-gay friendly christians no longer exists. I hate to see yet again christians destroying more young gay lives. Seeing their pathetic ‘leaders’ dragged through the media/mud by the hair, however, does my heart good. No matter what embarrassment their ‘leaders’ are put through in the scrutiny of the public eye and the press, it doesn’t compare to what they themselves did in contributing to the destruction of gay kids everywhere. Maybe I’m jaded, maybe that makes me a biggot…but that’s my opinion on the matter.
getreal
@jeffThere are many churches and denominations and they run the gamut in their treatment of LGBT people. Unfortunately most churches whatever the denomination have a history of persecuting gays (among other populations) and there are many churches we could probably all name that seem to have a vendetta against the gay community and as I type are working to deny American citizens their rights. That being said not all christians are evil, bigoted, crazy etc. as a lot of the posts would have people believe. I have been involved in outreach to churches and faith based organizations on behalf of marriage equality and have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears how many christians are not only pro-gay marriage but perplexed at churches getting involved in such matters and many, many people have told me they are PRAYING FOR THE EQUALITY OF LGBT PEOPLE. A very old woman told me at a Catholic church a week ago she was praying for gay marriage equality the same way she prayed for an end to segregation years ago , that almost made me cry. I understand people being bitter because of their own experiences with christians but it is unrealistic to judge a huge population of people on an extremist segment of their population. My only point has been that not all christians are anti-gay and there are many christians out there gay and straight who are sick of the fundamentalists representing our community and are becoming more vocal,and mobilized on this issue. I have included a link to the story about the high school students who confronted the God hates f*gs crazies (God doesn’t hate anyone and these hicks obviously don’t even read the bibles they hold up). If you look at all of the pictures you will count at least seven christian kids holding signs like “GOD LOVES EVERYONE” JESUS LOVES EVERYONE” “GOD LOVES YOU ME AND EVERY ONE WE KNOW” etc. I’m not saying there are not a lot of bigots out there who call themselves christians I’m saying there are a lot of christians out there who are not bigots. And believe me we are sick and tired of these false christians and we ARE GOING AFTER THEM. We just ask that you not judge us by the sordid standards of the homophobe fundamentalists their reign is essentially over and real christians (people who want to live their lives based on true christian themes of kindness, responsibility for your common man, charity, and equality) will more and more come to the fore. You don’t have to support us but please give us a chance we are trying and we support equality and abhor the hypocritical hate mongers just as much as you.
:http://www.queerty.com/awesome-kansas-high-school-kids-tell-fred-phelps-where-he-can-shove-his-hate-20090206/
getreal
@jeff: And thank you for your respectful attitude even though you don’t agree with me you treated me with dignity which is all christians can expect right now particularly in light of all the damage so called “christians” are doing. Thank you friend.
getreal
http://www.queerty.com/awesome-kansas-high-school-kids-tell-fred-phelps-where-he-can-shove-his-hate-20090206/