# Paul from TBN accused of gay relationship. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420 "2004-10-15T18:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/1 "2004-10-15T18:10:55Z")
The local Orange County Register, recently ran a story about Paul,the Founder and Host of TBN,a Christian Television Network,being accused an sued by a co- worker of a jilted gay relationship. Paul, proclaimed his innocense,however,on a recommendation from his lawyers,settled the lawsuit out-of-court. Paul wanted to make it clear that the payout used no perishoner love gifts. Damage control is in effect and Paul is again ever-present on TBN. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/2 "2004-10-15T19:25:32Z")
I note that you have no link. [Allow me to supply the one from my favorite commie rag.](http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/05/02/columns-lowery.php) Although, I do have reservations as to whether this is in the proper forum. I’ll make some inquiries as to that as well. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/3 "2004-10-15T19:26:58Z")
Oh, sorry, I forgot. Scroll down to the entry for Sunday September 12. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/4 "2004-10-15T20:05:01Z")
“Love gifts” has to be close to one of the most disgusting eupemisms I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/5 "2004-10-15T21:11:20Z")
No big shock if he’s gay; he married a [drag queen](http://www.retrorecipe.com/Myphotos/jancrouch.jpg) after all. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/6 "2004-10-15T21:12:46Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > “Love gifts” has to be close to one of the most disgusting eupemisms I’ve ever heard. Yeah, he used his “own” money, the money he made…working…(yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket)…he was…working…at a…job…yeah, a job…where he got paid… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/7 "2004-10-15T21:13:56Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > “Love gifts” has to be close to one of the most disgusting eupemisms I’ve ever heard. I first read it as “Love **grits** ”! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/8 "2004-10-15T21:42:11Z")
Which, of course, at every opportunity, he invites you to kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/9 "2004-10-15T22:43:33Z")
“Kiss my love grits?” Umm… no. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/10 "2004-10-16T02:03:55Z")
Isn’t this old news-I thought he was sighted coming out of a gay bar after supposedly being “cured” of his “sinful ways”? Or am I thinking of someone else? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/11 "2004-10-16T05:17:02Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Isn’t this old news-I thought he was sighted coming out of a gay bar after supposedly being “cured” of his “sinful ways”? > > Or am I thinking of someone else? 😕 You’re thinking of former “ex-gay” poster child [John Paulk](http://content.gay.com/channels/news/heads/001006_exodus.html). He was photographed emerging from a gay bar in Washington DC a few years ago while he was serving as the head of the evil Exodus International (a group whose stated goal is to lead gay people out of their “lifestyles” and two of whose male founders fell in love with each other and called bullshit on the whole deal). Initially he claimed he didn’t know it was a gay bar and only went in to use the restroom. Eventually he admitted he knew all along it was a gay bar and he supposedly was seen socializing for over half an hour. He was fired from Exodus shortly thereafter. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/12 "2004-10-16T05:53:05Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Eventually he admitted he knew all along it was a gay bar and he supposedly was seen socializing for over half an hour. He was fired from Exodus shortly thereafter. There’s the Christian compassion and love that the ex-gay groups tout so much for you… ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/13 "2004-10-16T06:51:05Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > He was fired from Exodus shortly thereafter. [Nope.](http://www.baywindows.com/news/2001/04/05/NationalNews/exGay.John.Paulk.Rejoins.Board.Of.Exodus.International-63903.shtml) He never left the organization. He was put on probation for six months, then reinstated as board chairman. And he kept his position with [Focus on the Family](http://www.family.org/welcome/press/a0025556.cfm) through the whole thing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/14 "2004-10-16T07:38:44Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > [Nope.](http://www.baywindows.com/news/2001/04/05/NationalNews/exGay.John.Paulk.Rejoins.Board.Of.Exodus.International-63903.shtml) He never left the organization. He was put on probation for six months, then reinstated as board chairman. > > And he kept his position with [Focus on the Family](http://www.family.org/welcome/press/a0025556.cfm) through the whole thing, too. And the disgust mounts on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/15 "2004-10-16T15:19:41Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > [Nope.](http://www.baywindows.com/news/2001/04/05/NationalNews/exGay.John.Paulk.Rejoins.Board.Of.Exodus.International-63903.shtml) He never left the organization. He was put on probation for six months, then reinstated as board chairman. > > And he kept his position with [Focus on the Family](http://www.family.org/welcome/press/a0025556.cfm) through the whole thing, too. Then I recant my post above. They do have some compassion for “their own”. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/16 "2004-10-16T16:09:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Then I recant my post above. They do have some compassion for “their own”. Or they want to really make his punishment last. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-from-tbn-accused-of-gay-relationship/269420/17 "2004-10-16T17:40:02Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Or they want to really make his punishment last. After thinking about it a while, the other possibility is that they have so few people who’ve gone through their program who are willing to put their shakey “conversion” to public scrutiny that they HAVE to retain Paulk, just to keep their public apologist count looking halfway healthy.