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Don't Be Weird
26 May 2005
Michael Roberts of Denver's Westword picks up on some of the media aftermath of my Harper's feature on New Life Church in Colorado. But "aftermath" isn't quite the right word -- despite Pastor Ted Haggard's disavowals of his importance, he's more than happy to welcome Tom Brokaw, Barbara Walters, and Dateline to his Colorado Springs megachurch -- and he'll even tailor his services for public consumption. Roberts reports on a memo from Pastor Ted to his congregation urging them to not act "weird" -- i.e., worship as they're accustomed to -- or talk about "the devil" when the cameras are rolling. Blogger Non Prophet put the memo online. For full effect, click through to the actual text, complete with Pastor Ted's latest foreign policy efforts in Israel.

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