Sex-row US pastor 'bought drugs'

BBC: The head of a US evangelical body who quit after being accused of paying for sex with a gay prostitute has admitted he bought drugs. The Reverend Ted Haggard, ex-leader of the 30m-strong National Association of Evangelicals, said he bought methamphetamine but "never used it".
He denies having sex with the man but said he did receive a massage.
Mr Haggard has also stepped down temporarily from his 14,000-strong, Colorado-based New Life Church. The issue is being played out against the backdrop of a vote in Colorado and seven other US states on Tuesday on whether to ban same-sex marriages. Mr Haggard, 50, has been a vocal opponent of the unions.

Wow, that's a quickly-released clarification from Haggard since yesterday's headlines. Things sure are getting ugly in this last stretch of US election excitement, huh? Pretty pathetic, if you ask me.

So, Haggard bought meth (but didn't use it) and had a massage from a male prostitute (but no sex). At this point, he should probably just be honest; I don't think that his explanations of the situation are helping his cause very much.