Ted Haggard Scandal

So Ted Haggard, the president of the Evangelical Association of America, has resigned his position and stepped down from his pulpit at a huge church in Denver because a gay prostitute claims he had an affair with Haggard. CNN will have a heyday with this one as Haggard is not only a religious leader but also politically plugged in - speaking with President Bush on a regular basis. There is also a Gay Marriage referendum in Colorado (to be voted on next week) that Haggard strongly opposed. Could this "outing" be politically motivated? Will Haggard be declared guilty until proven innocent? Yes, and yes. But I'm more interested in the personal aspects of today's "news" than the political implications. What so often gets passed over in these daily servings of scandal are the very personal human tragedies they represent. Haggard has a wife and five children. Five kids. I wonder how they feel right now? What about this man's poor wife? While liberals and gay rights activists may be gleeful have they really thought about the implications? I'm not sure it does a lot for the "gay cause" if the accusations turn out to be true and Haggard has destroyed his marriage and five loving children in a way that is almost too difficult to imagine. Would it be any better or worse if Haggard was sleeping with a female prostitute? No, it wouldn't. Some may claim that homosexual monogamy would be better than heterosexual infedelity. I can't agree though. Sorry. Just about every study you can find will support the fact that homosexuals are, on the average, far more promiscuous than married or single heterosexuals. But whatever your views are I hope we can at least agree to this... celebrating unproven accusations that threaten to devestate the lives of innocent children is just plain rotten.