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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

Thirty years ago, Alan Chambers was a Christ-loving 10-year-old with a terrible secret. He knew he was attracted to other boys. He also knew that the Bible called homosexuality an "abomination." After nearly a decade of hiding his feelings (and his love of shopping and decorating) from family and pastors, he discovered a ministry called Exodus International . Today, Chambers is the president of Exodus and the author of the book  Leaving Homosexuality . He oversees more than 260 ministries, spearheads large annual conferences, and is married to a woman. Christians who consider themselves "ex-gays" have become a  source of ridicule  in popular culture. Although the evangelical leader  Ted Haggard  isn't affiliated with Exodus, it didn't help the cause when he was outed by a male prostitute he'd been frequenting for years -- and then deemed by his pastors, after just three weeks of therapy, to be  "completely heterosexual."  For many, though,