Milestones Nov. 13, 2006

RESIGNED. Ted Haggard, 50, as president of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals; amid allegations that he paid a male prostitute for sex and bought methamphetamine; in Colorado Springs, Colo. Escort Michael Jones told a Denver radio station that he had had a three-year relationship with Haggard--who last year was named one of America's 25 most influential Evangelicals by TIME--saying he wanted to expose the "hypocrisy" of the pastor, who has led the battle against gay marriage in Colorado. Haggard first claimed he did not know Jones. Then he admitted buying a massage and methamphetamine from him, but said he...

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