Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard supports same-sex 'marriage'
COLORADO SPRINGS, October 22, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Ted Haggard , the megachurch leader whose dalliances with a male prostitute toppled him from his church in 2006, has now endorsed same-sex “ marriage .” “I don’t think the state has any role dictating or mandating” morality, he said. “Though we would oppose that in our churches, [ same-sex weddings ] should be allowed by the state.” Ted Haggard Haggard, who founded the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs , served as president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) until he admitted that he paid male prostitute Mike Jones for sex, used crystal meth, and viewed pornography featuring men and women in 2006. Haggard made his statement last Monday in a debate with Benjamin Hecht, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who opposes redefining marriage. Hecht said the commandments of God also give “insights into the social order” and identify the nuclear family as “the building block of society.” L