Liar, liar…
Kent Hovind, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and Dinosaur Adventure Land in Pensacola, was found guilty of 58 counts [of tax fraud], including failure to pay $845,000 in employee-related taxes. He faces a maximum of 288 years in prison.
Pensacola News Journal: ‘Dr. Dino’ guilty on all counts
Pensacola evangelist Kent Hovind was sentenced Friday afternoon to 10 years in prison on charges of tax fraud.
After a lengthy sentencing hearing that last 5½ hours, U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers ordered Hovind also:
— Pay $640,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
— Pay the prosecution’s court costs of $7,078.
— Serve three years parole once he is released from prison.
Pensacola News Journal: 10 years for ‘Dr. Dino’
…pants on fire.
The president of the U.S. National Association of Evangelicals, who has had regular talks with the White House and vocally opposes gay marriage, resigned on Thursday after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a male escort.
Ted Haggard, who denied the accusation, also temporarily stepped down as senior pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, the church said in a statement.
“I’ve never had a gay relationship with anyone,” Haggard said in an interview with Denver television station KUSA on Wednesday night. “I’m steady with my wife. I’m faithful to my wife.”
Reuters: Evangelical leader resigns over sex scandal
Embattled evangelist Ted Haggard admitted on Friday to buying the drug methamphetamine and seeking a massage from a gay male prostitute but denied he had sex with the man or used the stimulant.
Haggard, a vocal opponent of gay marriage, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals on Thursday after being accused by a male escort of having had a sexual relationship with him and using meth.
Reuters: Evangelist admits buying meth but denies sex
Disgraced U.S. evangelist Ted Haggard, a vocal opponent of gay marriage and poster boy for conservative causes, admitted on Sunday that he was guilty of “sexual immorality.”
Reuters: Pastor says guilty of sexual immorality
One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is “completely heterosexual.”
Yahoo! News: Haggard now ‘completely heterosexual’
I guess poor Jimmie can’t ‘cure’ him now.
The former escort who blew the whistle on Ted Haggard’s homosexuality explains why he felt morally compelled to come forward, what the fallout has been and what he feels is the real tragedy of the situation.
Truthdig: Mike Jones on Ted Haggard and Hypocrisy
An now some amusing but relevant South Park quotations:
We did not share an intimate moment, okay? That makes it sound gay!
South Park: Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub
Some say that on cold nights you can still hear him moanin’, “I’m not gay! I’m not gay!”
South Park: Fourth Grade
Saturday, November 4th, 2006 · 3:08pm