Female pastor's porn secret past?

Pastor Melissa Scott, widow of televangelist mogul Gene Scott, is a pastor at the University Cathedral in Downtown Los Angeles.



She is also an alleged ex-porn star that went by the name of 'Barbie Bridges' and starred in several porn movies for her ex-husband Paul Pastore's adult entertainment company, Barbie Bridges Enterprises.



Of course, Pastor Scott has denied all porn related allegations and in an interview with Marie Claire magazine, she maintained her position. Others in the adult industry however, couldn't seem to keep their mouths shut. Playboy Playmate Elke Jeinsen said "Melissa was there, always dancing for Doc [gene scott] topless, showing her tits right away."

This whole mess began when Pastor Melissa Scott's husband Gene died from complications of prostate cancer and she took over the pulpit at University Cathedral. According to the Marie Claire article, shortly after the pastor's first sermon, an anonymous person sent X-Rated Easter cards to the congregation that showed a nude woman who looked a lot like Pastor Scott. "One image showed the woman with her legs spread wide, Virgin Mary and baby Jesus postage stamps covering her privates. Another featured a "See you Sunday!" banner plastered across her bare chest; underneath, it read: "The Church Where You Can Do Anything ... Anything." read the complete article.

It was enough to ignite an online storm of speculation so bad that numerous attack sites sprouted up and the pastor's Wikipedia page had to be removed due to constant vandalism.

Despite everything, there is currently very little online information about Barbie Bridges or the supposed 'Miss Nude CanAm Exotic' pageant she allegedly won, and the accusation that Pastor Melissa Scott is Barbie Bridges is unsupported and probably untrue. It still makes for a juicy story though.....

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Ted Haggard then and now...

A few days ago, Oprah interviewed disgraced televangelist Ted Haggard about his meth infused, gay sex scandal and I couldn't help thinking about the things he said in the Jesus Camp Documentary condemning homosexuality.

Here's a short clip:



It tickles me to think that the whole time, he was buying meth from his male prostitute lover and getting it on in seedy motels...

Here's part of the Oprah interview:



This is why you should pay your hoes well!



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Becoming Un-Gay is easy...

As I curiously opened an email with "Increase your lovestick" in the subject line, eyes up towards the ceiling, I wondered what kind of spam Televangelist Pat Robertson gets every day. I then wondered if I would be able to dig up some snazzy Pat Robertson clips. After 2 seconds of fast finger work, I came across a "Becoming an ex-gay" type of video created by the 700 Club.



Within the first 30 seconds Pat breaks it down: there was a militant lesbian who found jesus and stunned the gay community when she became Un-gay. She then resumed her post as magazine editor of a magazine named after a friend who had been allegedly murdered by her gay lover.


In the video, Charlene Cothran (a.k.a the militant lesbian) says that one day during a gay pride event, a sense of shame came over her; I tend to think it was caused by the hideous red and black flannel shirts she was wearing at the time. If I left the house wearing that, I would definitely be ashamed, unless of of course, I was off to chop down a tree in the mountains...but getting back to the video, Ms. Cothran, who is now living a life of celibacy, is dedicated to pulling people out of what she calls "the gay life" and insists that being Un-gay is better than any good music in a club or any gay pride parade.

Pat Robertson, who apparently views homosexuals as a group of people who have thrown their hands up and continue to sin just for the hell of it, believes that god loves all gays even though they will always have a gray ziggy cloud of confusion and turmoil hanging over them.

Most dissapointing is the lack of trannies prancing around dressed like ballerinas in the stock footage.

For a GLBT perspective on this story, visit: http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2007/06/charlene_from_g.html



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