I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Former pastor Ted Haggard is coming to Albuquerque to speak at New Life City this Friday through Saturday. Haggard, a staunch opponent of gay rights, was forced to step down from his role as head of the National Association of Evangelicals in 2006 after he admitted to a sexual relationship with a male escort.
According to the Albuquerque Journal’s Newseeker blog, “The Rev. Alan Hawkins, pastor of New Life City in Albuquerque, said he extended the speaking invitation to Haggard to help people who may be struggling with ‘confused sexuality’ and other issues that led to catastrophe in Haggard’s life.”
In 2007, Haggard said he was “completely heterosexual.” Haggard allegedly had a three year relationship with a Mike Jones, the Denver escort. In January of this year, however, Haggard told the Los Angeles Times, “I am a heterosexual with issues.”
“My invitation to him is just because I love him, and he’s a valuable human being,” Hawkins said of Haggard, according to the Albuquerque Journal. “My belief has always been that a person is not defined by his worst moments and that his lifetime of good service was not canceled by this action.”
Our sister site, the Colorado Independent, has done extensive coverage on Haggard, who was formerly a pastor at New Life Church (no relation to Albuquerque’s New Life City) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
