A little more info on Haggard, not as hypocritical as

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I assumed according to this Denver post article. It is available on Haggards site. Probably worth acknowledging he was not your Falwell type of evangelical according to this:

Doubts a run at politics

Haggard can't be sure whether his words lead to change. An example: In a private moment in 2003, Haggard told President Bush that U.S. tariffs on steel inflate the price of steel worldwide and hurt poor nations. Bush looked surprised that an evangelical would care about tariffs. A couple of weeks later, the tariffs were eliminated. But Haggard does not claim credit.

"Influence is kind of like prayer," Haggard said. "You do it, and sometimes you see what you want being done. But you don't know if it would have happened anyway."

Haggard briefly considered running for U.S. Rep. Joel Hefley's seat next year if the Colorado Republican were to retire. But he decided he could prove more influential in his current role and doubts he'll ever run for office.

Though he preaches evangelical unity, Haggard has not hesitated to criticize better-known colleagues. He rebuked Pat Robertson for advocating the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and attempted to separate the evangelical movement from Franklin Graham's statement after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that Islam was an evil and wicked religion.

And Haggard said last week that the White House erred in underscoring failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' evangelical faith, saying her judicial philosophy was what mattered.

He also set himself apart from the vast majority of evangelical Christian groups by applauding a 2003 Supreme Court decision that struck down a Texas anti- sodomy law.

"I believe the church has to teach against immorality, but I don't believe it's the role of the state to spend money to find out what consenting adults do in their bedrooms and then haul them off to jail," Haggard said.

The NAE, observers say, will need to weigh the greater prominence and energy Haggard has brought with the risk of associating itself too closely with one person - a person with close ties to a White House in trouble.

In the meantime, the fresh new face of big-tent evangelical Christianity has an appointment to keep. Haggard is visiting New York next week to talk about poverty and AIDS in Africa with Bono, singer of the popular-music group U2.

http://www.tedhaggard.com/denverPost.jsp