http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/05/haggard.allegations/index.html

Dealing with the "problem" must have been unimaginable for him. Through a marriage and the births of five children, it must have been rough to keep that hidden.

What kind of climate kept him from recognizing and accepting this part of himself? I don't think he's a bad person. I do think it's a pity that it remained a secret for so long, and this secret manifested itself in one of the worst ways.

Owning up to things about yourself that you're embarrassed about and/ or ashamed of isn't easy. In the end, though, you still have to look yourself in the mirror every morning. When you don't like what you see, life almost doesn't seem worth living.