Second Colorado Evangelical Resigns!!

[irishgrl]

Second Colorado evangelical resigns over gay sex

1 hour, 56 minutes ago

A second Colorado evangelical leader in little over a month has resigned from the pulpit over a scandal involving gay sex, church officials said on Tuesday.

Paul Barnes has resigned from the 2,100-member Grace Chapel, a church he founded in suburban Denver, said church spokeswoman Michelle Ames.

Barnes' resignation follows last month's admission by high-profile preacher Ted Haggard that he was guilty of unspecified "sexual immorality" after a male prostitute went public with their liaisons.

Many evangelical Christians view homosexuality as a sin, though some are more strident on the issue than others.

Ames said Barnes told his congregation in a videotaped message on Sunday he had "struggled with homosexuality since he was five years old."

Barnes was confronted by an associate pastor of the church who received an anonymous phone call from a person who heard someone was threatening to go public with the names of Barnes and other evangelical leaders who engaged in homosexual behavior, Ames said.

Barnes, who is married with two grown daughters, then confessed to church elders.

Haggard had been a vocal opponent of gay marriage. He stepped down as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and as pastor of the 14,000-member New Life "mega-church" in Colorado Springs.

you gays are EVERYWHERE! Whats the world coming to?

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

you gays are EVERYWHERE!

Thank god. They're bringing down the Republican party in one closet opening after another. Keep on truckin'.

[DrummerDeanna]

I saw this story yesterday and had nice little chuckle to myself - didn't even think to post it here, so I'm glad you did....

Hmm..wonder if they'll put together a panel of "spiritual leaders" to counsel this guy out of his homosexuality as well

[irishgrl]

maybe, just MAYBE these eejits will come to see that homosexuality is not a fringe element, but rather a significant portion of society.....

[SuzeQuze]

Have you guys seen Borat? There's a scene with one of these churches in it and those people are scary.

It's too bad that they won't learn the right lesson, that homosexuality isn't a sin and the real moral issue is trying to subvert it.

[PsychCat]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

maybe, just MAYBE these eejits will come to see that homosexuality is not a fringe element, but rather a significant portion of society.....

ITA. The stone-throwing in some of those circles must be devastating! It wasn't all that long ago that homosexuality was removed from the DSM and no longer considered a mental illness.
I'm not sure if radical, hypocritical, off-the-chain religious zealot is still in there, tho.