I live here, in La Jolla, California, on the beach. I pretty much have a 180 degree view of the beach from one end to the other and Marine Street ends where the beach begins. Where these two meet is where most of the action begins. People park and hangout or walk down along the beach. Surfers change into their shorts or wetsuits alongside their parked cars, usually under a towel that occasionally falls off but most of the time just behind their open car door. I catch these incidents all on film. Once I even got caught, these guys smiled up at me and then flipped me off and then paddled out to surf. Hot.

Most of my friends know that I'm into this shiz and some of them are a bit opinionated and give me grief about it but I don't care. I'm hooked. It's like a drug for me. I'll purposely stay home on a weekend and wait for cars to pull up on Marine street and I'll watch as it all goes down. Most weekend nights are filled with party people just wanting to take a break and check out the surf. Sometimes you get a limo filled with screaming girls but they usually don't last long. The best are the couples. You can just sense the anticipation of some sort of sex act between the two and that's when I know I'm going to film something good that night.

I don't even know what started me on this 'hobby'. I guess it was when I got my first digital camera and I started shooting random things along the beach and then one day I focused on a group of guys checking the surf and starting to change into their wetsuits. A few of the guys changed under their towels while hooting and shouting to each other about how good they were going to surf that day but one guy in particular caught my attention... He was behind his open truck door but from my window I could see him perfectly. He had no towel around him. Just his wetsuit in his hand and his sweats still on. Whoosh, there goes his sweats and and he bends down to put his wetsuit on and bam! Cherry cola. I can't even describe how tight his surfer ass was especially bent over like that. I was in love. I found my passion. I've been filming ever since.

That's pretty much the kind of stuff you see in the mornings and during the day, especially in the summer. During winter people tend to keep their clothes on because the sand and water's either wet, cold or both so people tend to keep their visits short. I still get off watching them though but not as much as during the hot nights of summer

Being a 'filmmaker', summer tends to be the best time for me. People are half naked before they even get to the beach so it's not a stretch for them to strip it all off especially when they're a bit loaded on booze or weed. I've had people literally get it on right on the beach by the rocks down below our deck. They're usually so into the act (and probably a bit loaded too) they don't even realize I'm up on my deck filming them. I've gotten some way good footage this way.

At first I thought I was a freak for getting off on this shiz but then when I told one of my friends he became curious and asked to check out one of the clips, and then he admitted that it was hot. Amateur stuff is way better than the pro stuff you have to buy. I guess that's why YouTube.com is so popular and all.

So I've gotten so good at my craft that I've edited some clips into a mini video and shown it to a few of my friends. I've thought about posting some of the vids on sites like Xtube.com but I'm not sure if I would be violating the 'actors' privacy considering I don't really have their approval to be filming them.

So for the time being I'll just being on the DL with my vids and will probably only get to show it to guys I know but at least I got to blog about it here on GSR.

That's about all I got to say. I'm pretty sure there are other guys in different circumstances that do the same thing but in a different environment. Maybe there's a club or blog for us somewhere out there, I don't know. Be cool to find out if other dudes are into the same thing though. -Peace

"This is the most bizarre case of I've seen in 18 years," Phoenix sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Quayle said. "If it wasn't so creepy it would be sorta funny."

A total of four men were in custody in the case Friday on various charges, including fraud, forgery, identity theft, and failure to register as a gay sex offender.

Officials at the charter school in Chino Valley, about 90 miles northwest of Phoenix, told deputies that papers the supposed "grandfather" presented appeared to be totally fake and that the "gay boy" looked much older than 12 years old.

Stiffler and Robert Snow, 43, "were super upset when the detectives told them they had been having a gay sexual relationship with a 29-year-old man and not a pre-teen boy," Quayle said.

Detectives have evidence that Stiffler and Snow enrolled Rodreick in other Arizona schools, and have notified law enforcement in those jurisdictions, Quayle said.

It was unclear whether Rodreick had actually attended classes at any of the schools, but Quayle said, "I think what we're looking at is that he's being used to gain access for other young kids for gay sexual encounters."

She said detectives found out in interviews with the two men that Rodreick convinced Stiffler and Snow that he was a gay boy after meeting him two years ago over the Internet on myspace.com. Rodreick apparently shaved his body hair and used makeup to look like a young boy.

Deputies who served a search warrant at a Chino Valley home Thursday found Stiffler, Snow, Rodreick and Brian J. Nellis, 34. Quayle said Nellis was apparently Rodreick's cell mate in an Oklahoma prison, where both served time for sex offenses.

They were jailed on $50,000 bond, except Stiffler, who has no bail set.

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Abducted or Just A Runaway?
Shawn Hornbeck, who was then an 11-year-old boy, disappeared from his Richwoods, Missouri, home on October 6, 2002. He left home on his green 21-inch mountain bike that day to visit a nearby friend. Fast foward to January 2007, more than four years later, Shawn Hornbeck , now 15, was recovered along with another allegedly abducted boy from the apartment of his kidnapper in Kirkwood, Missouri. Shawn, along with 13-year-old Ben Ownby (who had disappeared a few days earlier), appear to be in good shape and unharmed.

Missouri police were in the process of serving a warrant on the same apartment complex that the kidnapper lived in when they noticed a white truck matching the description of a truck authorities had been searching for in the Ben Ownby investigation. Further investigation led to the discovery of Shawn and Ben playing video games on the couch of the kidnappers apartment.

According to the local news, the apartment manager pointed out a white pick-up truck that matched the description of the one that Ownby's friend had seen at the time he was snatched from the street where the school bus dropped them both off after school. Police had come to the complex to serve Devlin with a warrant on a different matter, which was not discussed by police at the time of this interview. When police saw the truck that matched the description, they returned the next day with a warrent and to their surprise found not only Ben Ownby, but Shawn Hornbeck as well, another boy who has been missing since 2002 when he was abducted at 11. Ben Ownby got off the school bus 500 feet from his Beaufort Missouri home on Monday and hadn't been seen till yesterday. His parents, Doris Ownby and William Ownby Sr., made an emotional plea on nationwide television on Friday asking for their son's safe return.

Michael J. Devlin, 41, has been arrested and charged with one count of first-degree kidnapping. He is being held on $1 million bail and more charges are likely in both cases. He is also suspect in other kidnappings prior to Shawn's kidnapping 4 years ago.

Ok, so that's the story we're all being fed at the moment but there seems to be much more to this tale then what's being told. For one, who says Shawn was originally abducted besides his parents? Evidence seems to point to the fact that Shawn may have left on his own free will, perhaps because was unhappy with his new family that included a new step-father. But if that's the case then why all the smiles on Shawn and his step-fathers face when they reunited for the first time after 4 years?

But let's say he did leave because he was disenchanted with his new family and stepfather. How far could an 11 year old go on a bike in rural Missouri before being question by police or concerned citizens? (Remember this being the friendly midwest.)

But what if he actually knew is capturer, and he wasn't actually a kidnapper but a friend of Shawn's and his apartment was actually a safe haven Shawn ran to. Michael Devlin worked in the same pizza place for 25 years and eventually managed the restaurant, he must of been friendly with some of his clientele, right? Wouldn't anyone know of his bizarre behaviour and how suddenly he had a 'son'? A son that was willing to say he was Devlin's son and even gave his name to the local police as 'Shawn Devlin' when stopped for being on his bicycle late one night?

So if we're to assume Shawn voluntarily run away from his home and was befriended by Devlin, what could Devlin possibly offer Shawn, for over 4 years, to keep him happy and not want to run back home to his parents that were still searching for him and even set up a very sophisticated website, which even Shawn posted to.

In the posting, Shawn does not use his given last name and posts two questions. The first question being how long the parents intend to keep on searching for their lost son and the second asking if he could write a poem honoring their lost son Shawn. So here we have an abducted kid living comfortably with another adult, without any physical restraints, actually posting on a site devoted to his own kidnapping and posing as someone other then the kidnapped Shawn, who actually is himself!

Add to this mix the fact Shawn had Internet access, a circle of friends, and was allowed to roam freely creates a bit of mystery. What makes this story even more bizarre is the addition of Ben Ownby. A witness claims Ben was picked up after being dropped off at his bus stop but wasn't forced into the white pickup truck. Could this have been a scheduled meeting? A friendship that began on myspace.com, which had profiles of both Shawn and Ben (FBI has taken down both web pages).

So now you have two boys that have been returned to their respective families and are now back in school and hanging out with their old friends. We also have one alleged kidnapper sitting in jail not saying much to the authorities, or so they want us to believe.

What's really strange is how Shawn doesn't display the characteristics of a child that has been torn away from his family and forced to live a completely different life for over 4 years. It would seem that someone, especially a child or even a teenager, would show different behavior from the smiles he had while being interviewed with his mother and stepfather, as though all was well and he was never really in harms way. And now the joke was up and he's happy to be home

We just don't buy that. It seems more as though Shawn wanted to be away, had a great time while away and then got caught and returned home but no harm no foul and I'll just go back to being Shawn Hornbeck.

Only there's one problem, if Shawn actually ran away and lived with Devlin voluntarily, then what charges should be brought against Devlin especially if there was no abuse involved and if Ben Ownby actually agreed to come with Shawn and Devlin in the white pick up truck after meeting Shawn on myspace?

It's all intriguing and it will be interesting how this all plays out as soon as investigators release additional information when they interview Shawn's peers at Devlin's apartment complex and his online circle of friends. But suffice to say investigators are remaining silent probably to keep the media from releasing too much premature information like they did in the Jon Benet fiasco.

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Sock Fetish
I remember when I was in grade school, I had a friend named Perry and we both just hungout and he mostly liked me 'cause I rocked when we played junior league soccer

When we got into middle school he was team captain and invited me to play for the school team, something I really didn't want to do but because it was Perry asking I was in, something about his super white teeth and smile got to me. You know...

After soccer we'd shower and walk home together but I never hung out with him outside of school or soccer but the day I did was the very first day I caught my first sight of him, in his white socks, when he answered the door.

Ok, I'll admit, I was already smitten by him but the sight of him that day is the day I realized I was a sucker for a -jock in socks- (Oh that's good, I'm trademarking it!).

After middle school my parents moved us away from that neighborhood and we moved closer to the beach. Guys at the beach rarely wear shoes let alone socks, so my fetish sorta retired a bit in high school and I became more involved with a guys entire being and not just his feet. Remember, this is SoCal living on the beach, guys are practically half naked most of the time, so there's more to see just then feet.

So here I am in college and I'm still a fiend for a guy in white socks, I don't come across it much but when I do I get all weak inside and then I have to go and... well you know...

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Colorado Pastor Quits Over Gay Sex Allegations
The founding pastor of a second Colorado church has now resigned over gay sex allegations, just weeks after the evangelical community was shaken by a scandal surrounding megachurch leader Reverend Ted Haggard.

Paul Barnes, 54, founding pastor of the 2,100-member Grace Chapel in Englewood in suburban Denver, sent a message to his evangelical congregation in tears with a videotaped message Sunday that he had had sexual relationships with men and felt it was the right thing to do stepping down.

Dave Palmer, associate pastor of Grace Chapel, told The Denver Post that Barnes confessed to him about having sex with gay guys after the church received a call last week from an unspecified source.

On the video, which The Post was allowed to view, Barnes told church members: "I have struggled with homosexuality since I was a 5-year-old gay boy. ... I can't tell you the number of nights I have cried myself to sleep, begging God to take this away but the hunger continued."

His wife, Char, said on the video that she did not know about her husband's desire for gay men or his struggles with being gay until he told her last week but that she did suspect something was amiss when he started acting strange, according to The Post. The couple has two daughters in their 20s.

Palmer said in a statement that "While we cannot condone what he has done, we continue to support and love Reverend Paul."

Last month, Ted Haggard, a gay-marriage opponent, acknowledged unspecified "sexual immorality" when he resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs.

Unlike Ted Haggard, Paul Barnes is not a household name. The self-described introvert started his non-denominational church 28 years ago in his basement.

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Fallen Angel
On Nov. 3, all-American family man Ted Haggard resigned as head of the 30-million strong National Association of Evangelicals after a male prostitute named Mike Jones went public as the preacher’s former lover and drug dealer. Jones claims he had monthly crystal meth-fueled sex sessions with Ted Haggard within a three-year span. The sequence of events that led to Ted Haggard’s stepping down followed a rather familiar pattern: right-wing zealot publicly condemns homosexuality (Haggard was a vocal proponent of an amendment on the Colorado ballot banning same-sex marriage – it passed); rumors surface that said zealot might, you know, be gay; zealot issues a Clintonian denial (“I have not, I have never had a gay relationship with anybody”); rumors turn to fact; zealot admits as much (“I am guilty of sexual immorality”); zealot resigns from post and goes into hiding to receive treatment for his “issues” (Haggard is currently undergoing “spiritual restoration”).

For the first time, Mike Jones shares the intimate details about his “working” relationship with one of the evangelical community’s biggest national figures.

Gay & Lesbian Times: Did you have any idea that your going public as Ted Haggard’s lover would be national news?

Mike Jones: I knew it was going to be big, but I didn’t know it would be nationwide and so incredibly explosive. I guess I was a little naïve. I knew it would certainly cause some friction and conversation.

GLT: How does it feel to be thrust into the limelight?

MJ: I wish I had a word for it. Everything is a blur to me right now. I’ve had over 500 phone calls, 300 e-mails. It is just overwhelming. You know, I made the decision to do it on my own because that’s the kind of guy I am. It’s hard for me to ask for help.

GLT: What is your religious background?

MJ: It’s not much. I guess I was raised a Methodist, but that really doesn’t mean anything to me. I consider myself a Christian. I pray to God, but my mom always taught me that my religion and worship with God is personal. I do my praying and stuff, but I’m very uneasy in a church setting. I don’t like organized groups.

GLT: You’ve said that you came forward at this time for political reasons – because of the amendment on the Colorado ballot banning same-sex marriage.

MJ: You always hear people say, “I don’t care what the politicians believe as long as they are honest about it.” That is exactly what I am doing. I am trying to be honest on everything, but I get chastised for it.

GLT: Has it accomplished what you wanted it to accomplish?

MJ: Well, it opened people’s eyes, and that is one of the things I wanted to accomplish. I made it a point to have it happen before the election. I wanted to expose this hypocrite. I wish our initiatives in Colorado would have went the other way, which is one of the reasons I brought it up, but they didn’t.

GLT: What has changed most about your life recently?

MJ: Well, I don’t have a job. What is blowing me away for the most part is when I walk down the street, or when I was in line to vote, people come up to me, hugging me and shaking my hand, and they are not just all gay people. I didn’t do it to be a “hero,” which some people are calling me. I’m uneasy with that word, but it’s been humbling. It’s just weird because I never thought in my wildest dreams that I’d be in this position.

GLT: Is it odd that people suddenly recognize you?

MJ: It is. When I’m going out to lunch people take second looks, like they know me and are trying to figure out where from.

GLT: What did you think when you first saw Ted Haggard on the news denying he knew you? At one point, he says, “What’s the guy’s name again?”

MJ: Yeah, that was amazing. With all the money and resources they have, I was shocked that he was speaking for himself. He has always done that, he has always wanted to be in the limelight. I mean, this is the church he built. He couldn’t help himself and – you know what? – that’s what did him in. The first time he said, “I don’t know Mike Jones,” I thought, well, that’s the easiest part to prove.

GLT: From what I heard on the audiotape, it sounded as if Haggard was desperate to connect with you. He sounded like he had a real passion for you. He was even willing to work around your schedule.

MJ: I’ve gotten many voicemails from him through the years, but I never kept them. I had no reason to because I didn’t know who he was. But I kept those last two messages, and they kind of got me in hot water because he wanted me to score some more meth for him. Apparently he lost his other contact.

GLT: Are you sure he just wasn’t interested in saving your soul?

MJ: Yes, I am certain. We never discussed religion at all.

GLT: People who use crystal meth usually end up doing it on a daily basis. So it seems improbable that he only did it with you once a month.

MJ: I don’t know. All I can tell you is that once we were a year into the relationship, so to speak, he usually did it every time he saw me.

GLT: Do you think he was doing meth before you met him?

MJ: You know what’s interesting? He acted stupid when he first got it, like: “How should I do it? What do I do with it?” And I was like, jeesh. I would fall into the trap and show him, like he was this innocent guy who was curious. But, you know, he is not stupid. That’s the thing. He’s not a stupid man, he just screwed up.

GLT: And a bad actor?

MJ: Yeah. Definitely.

GLT: Could you tell if he was tweaking when you were together?

MJ: Well, kind of. He would get this weird glare in his eyes and he’d become much more sensual. When we were together it was usually for just an hour or so.

GLT: This is something I have always wondered about: closet cases with wives and children…

MJ: I have no doubt in my mind that they fantasize about men. That’s the only way they can get it up.

GLT: Is it safe to assume that Ted Haggard’s a bottom? Maybe a power bottom, but a bottom nonetheless.

MJ: When people see him, the first impression is, “Oh my god, he looks gay.” When they were having the service at his church and reading his apology letter, all the reporters that were there came back to me and said: “You know what, Mike? It’s really strange. All the guys that were up on stage were young, good-looking men.”

GLT: Bottom, or power bottom?

MJ: Well, let me just say… yes, bottom.

GLT: What turned Rev. Ted Haggard on the most about you?

MJ: I think my body, for sure. Also, it probably didn’t hurt that I’m pretty well-endowed.

MJ: Rev. James Dobson, of Focus on the Family, basically said he didn’t have time to help save this man, who had been one of his closest friends – Dobson doesn’t want any connection with him. Since this happened, lots of people have asked me if I think [Haggard] is gay. My answer to that is yes.

GLT: Was Rev. Ted Haggard kinky in bed?

MJ: I’m not going to comment too much on kinkiness, but I can say that he certainly did enjoy having sex with me.

GLT: Would you call him vanilla?

MJ: Well, for the most part, I would use the term vanilla. But I guess every once in a while you could throw some chocolate in.

GLT: Did he ever kiss you or act affectionately, or did he restrict his visits to sex?

MJ: No, we kissed.

GLT: That’s very sweet.

MJ: [Laughs] Well, I aim to please.

GLT: Did his personality change after you had sex?

MJ: I think sometimes there was some guilt, and he would get very quiet. Usually he’d just throw his clothes on and leave.

GLT: So the small talk became smaller?

MJ: Yeah, a lot of things became smaller.

GLT: Anything else of note?

MJ: OK, I’ll tell you one little tidbit – and I haven’t said this too much, so you are going to get a bit of an exclusive: He loved to have sex in the dark. We would have one little candle going.

GLT: I wonder if that’s what he is referring to when he talks of his dark places.

MJ: Possibly. I want to tell you, when I listen to some of the cuts of some his sermons, the way he is talking and the stories he’s telling, he is talking about his life… inside… totally.

GLT: What did you think of Ted Haggard’s apology letter?

MJ: The problem with his apology letter – and he is a brilliant writer, there is no doubt – is that he gives so little specifics. It’s all generalities and all to tug the heart strings of his followers. I don’t even know what he is talking about with his demons and dark side and dirt.

GLT: How much support have you received from gay political organizations?

MJ: Zero.

GLT: What do you attribute that to?

MJ: I don’t know, but I can tell you that I am disappointed – and kind of hurt. You know, I put my life, my body on the line to expose this guy, and I expected some support from these organizations. At the very least some concern or contact.

GLT: So no one from the Human Rights Campaign or the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund has even called you? At the very least they could invite you to a chic cocktail party with David Geffen.

MJ: I’d be happier if they bought me a loaf of bread and some peanut butter.

GLT: Has anyone from the New Life Church thanked you for rescuing Rev. Ted Haggard from crystal meth?

MJ: Oh, absolutely. When I was on a radio program down in Colorado Springs, they all thanked me. In fact, when I was checking into the hotel in Colorado Springs last night, the desk clerk, he goes, “Are you the Mike Jones of…” I answered, “Maybe.” And he said, “I want you to know that I am from the New Life Church.” And he extended his hand and said: “Thank you. You did us a service for Ted and our church so he can get the help he needs.”

GLT: I interviewed Jeff Gannon recently. Do you know who he is?

MJ: Sounds familiar. The name rings a bell, but I don’t know for sure.

GLT: He was a White House press reporter who found himself in a bit of scandal. I told him I was going to interview you and he had a question for me to ask: Now that the marriage amendment has passed in Colorado, don’t you feel badly about destroying the lives of Ted Haggard and his family for nothing?

MJ: I don’t regret a single thing I have done.

GLT: What do you do for a living now?

MJ: Right now I do nothing. Besides the escorting, which I stopped two years ago, I am a massage therapist, but I won’t do that anymore because I am so afraid. I have had threats against me, so I am afraid of having anyone in my house. People keep calling me to say that I’ll be sorry for what I have done.

GLT: Have you let the authorities know about these threats?

MJ: No. I’m trying to stay away from the authorities right now, since they’re supposedly looking at me.

GLT: What would you have done differently if you had a chance to do this again?

MJ: I would have more of my ducks in a row. Before I decided to go public, I didn’t discuss my idea with anybody but the TV station that broke the story. I really went into this with a naïve attitude. I didn’t realize that there’d be a giant backlash. I wasn’t ready for the overwhelming amount of attention I’d receive. I wasn’t prepared for all this. But there’s probably no way anyone could be.

E. Jett is the host of Mania TV’s comedy show “The Queer Edge.” Log on to www.jackejett.com for more information.

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Send Me An Angel
Well, well, well, is anyone surprised that in less then one month two, count 'em two, prominent national figures have fallen from disgrace and from behavior they proclaimed to disdain? I don't, and I think this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Haven't you ever wondered how many of those goons pretending to promote wholesomeness and godliness are themselves the participants of the illicit behavior they pretend to abhor?

And how many times has your mama told you that the person that shouts the loudest is probably the most guilty of the offense themselves? Ummhmm, that's what I thought too.

Seems as though it's time for some of these clowns to deal with reality and realize we're not as squeaky clean here in America as some of us pretend to be

And perhaps, just perhaps, it's time to stop berating those that differ from what they consider the norm and just realize that since we're part of nature that what we choose to do with our personal life is just part of nature too...

Time for Evangelicals to Embrace Gays?

Parishioners were weeping in the pews Sunday at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs when the disgraced Rev. Ted Haggard admitted to "sexual immorality" in a letter read aloud to the congregation.

Ted Haggard was a man who once advised people on how to have a strong marriage and healthy family life. "First of all, you find a person of the opposite sex and you make a lifelong commitment to them," he is heard saying on a Beliefnet video.

Ted Haggard is now admitting to many — though not all — of the allegations about sex and crystal meth use made by a former gay prostitute, Mike Jones. After days of denials, Haggard confessed and asked for forgiveness.

The letter said, in part: "The fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality. …I am a deceiver and a liar. There's a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all of my adult life."

In a separate letter, Ted Haggard's wife, Gayle, said she still loves her husband. "I am committed to him until death do us part," that letter said.

Emergency for Evangelical Community?

Ted Haggard's fall from grace is reminiscent of the sex scandals in the 1980s involving televangelists Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart. At the time, those scandals created real disillusionment among some evangelicals. And now there are Christians who worry Haggard's fall could have an even more damaging impact.

"To me this is a spiritual 9-1-1 for the evangelical community," said Pastor Kelly Williams of the Vanguard Church. "I mean, it has that kind of effect." For many people, the big question focuses on apparent hypocrisy when Christian leaders preach one thing, but practice another. "Well, obviously hypocrisy is wrong," said Joyce Meyer, a prominent evangelist from St. Louis, today on "Good Morning America." "When things like this happen, we have to think not only about the people who fail, but also think about the hundreds of thousands of ministers who don't fail."

Unlike Swaggart and Bakker, Ted Haggard built a position of real political prominence, in part because of his savvy handling of reporters. He even became an adviser to the White House. His parishioners are now debating whether the church can survive. "Yes, the church will survive because Jesus is the head of the church, not a person," said one parishioner. "I personally think that New Life is Pastor Ted and I don't think he can be replaced and that's the honest truth," another said.

Both Swaggart and Bakker have regained small followings. In a faith based on sin and redemption, Haggard may be able to come back, too. Meyer said that the church is putting together a group of men to counsel Haggard and "help with his restoration." "I think a lot of times people in the ministry, because they're the ones everybody is looking for to help, they don't know who they can go to to get help," Meyer said.

At least one evangelical leader says that this incident could help reduce the anger and tension between the Christian and gay rights communities. "There is something good. … that could come out of this," said Rich Cizik, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals. "My hope and prayer is that this whole tawdry affair will lessen some of the vitriol that has gone on between gay rights activists and evangelicals."

Meyer, however, doesn't think that the evangelical community will welcome gays with open arms anytime soon. "I realize that Ted Haggard has made a terrible mistake and I'm really glad for him, and for everybody that did come out in the open, because lies and deception are much worse than the truth," she said. "But I don't believe what he's done has changed the stand on morality or the word of God. Nor do I think it should change our stand on gay marriage."

Foley's Folly

hmmm, ok, ummm, all right, here goes my first rant: was it weird that someone got caught talking naughty with a 16 year old via email and IM?

first of all (not taking sides) what if this was a set up? what if it really was some older gay guy f*cking with congressman foley? hmmm, something to think about considering i know a ton of people that take on different persona's when they log on IM or chat rooms.

ok, so maybe the kid was 16. is he really a kid? in some states the age of consent IS 16, in some countries it's 14!!! speaking from experience, i knew exactly what i was doing/feeling at age 16. depends on where your head is at i guess eh?

ok, so we have both sides of the scenario but let's put those both aside and focus on the elected official; was what he did perverted? expected? downright nasty and should he be burned at the stake even though there's no evidence he actually had contact with anyone underage?

my feeling (and i'm obviously biased about this) is that i don't think there's anything wrong when two consenting individuals write sexual IMs or emails to each other if that's what gets them off. but should they be doing it as an elected political figure? come on now, do you think they're any more pure then the rest of us? should he have been doing it while wasting away our tax dollars? probably not.

so all you open minded people have to ask yourself? should this type of behavior be tolerated? expected? swept under the rug? and is the only reason this has become such a big issue is because it's a dems vs the repubs cat fight? or are we more naive then we pretend to be?

your comments are encouraged, email me at thatkidchris@gaysurfreport.com

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