Ted Haggard: Why not bi?

[jenk]

Apparently the newest wrinkle in the Ted Haggard flap is that he has gone from gay to straight in three weeks. According to "ex-gays", it took them years.

So why isn't anyone asking if his inclinations - if not his actions - might be bisexual?

Assume that he's not seeing men anymore. Assume he's been interested in both men and women all along. Assume that he's "committed" himself, brainwashed himself, into rejecting sex with men. Never mind whether he's been mostly attracted to men in his life: if he has the capability of arousal with both, then, physically speaking, he's attracted to both.

So he calls himself hetero. Because in his mind, if he ain't with men, he's not gay.

This would also explain his assertion that he can choose whether to have sex with men or women, because for him it has been a choice all along.

He may never identify himself as bisexual*. It might help his mental health if he did. But then again, considering his other espoused beliefs, it might not.

*He probably never self-identified as a lying druggie, either.