Before resigning in disgrace after a three-year relationship with a male prostitute, Ted Haggard was one of the Christian Right's most powerful figures president of the National Association of Evangelicals and a close confidante of the Bush White House. Haggard, now purportedly "completely heterosexual," hosted a prayer meeting at his Colorado home last night in an attempt to mount a comeback, attracting 110 people. Saying "America loves a scandal, but they love a comeback even more," Haggard argued he can redeem himself in part because he was never a "hateful, anti-gay guy."
