What we're seeing is one more example of the almost axiomatic fact that evangelical leaders who froth at the mouth to "protect traditional marriage" (whatever the hell that means) are almost always self-hating homosexuals who simply don't feel like they can emerge from the closet without the destruction of everything they hold dear.
This aspect of it never ceases to amaze me. It's almost like they are drawn to fight against something they recognise is within themselves. You almost wonder if they think that if they can 'destroy' homosexuality in the wider world it will solve their internal problems. Some psychiatrist should write a book about it.
From what I knew of Haggard before this scandal - which wasn't much - I thought he was a somewhat sinister and scary individual.
Despite that, and the fact I think he is the architect of his own problems, I can't help but feel sorry for him. Just how screwed up must you be to rail so fiercely against something to thousands and thousands of people when you yourself are secretly doing it? It can't have been good for his mental health - particularly if it was happening for any length of time.
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