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Christianism Watch

By The Daily Dish
Feb 9 2009, 6:45 AM ET

From Ted Haggard to one George Hargreaves, a Scottish Christianist (and highly marginal but amusing character):

Mr Hargreaves has funded the Christian Party with royalties he continues to receive for co-writing and producing the 1980s anthem So Macho, sung by gay icon Sinitta.The B-side of the single was called Cruising. In an interview with The Times in 2007 Mr Hargreaves defended the thousands of pounds he continues to earn every month from the hit song: "It says in the Bible that so long as Earth remains there shall be seed time and harvest. You could say that So Macho was the seed I sowed and now I'm reaping the harvest," he said. "That money allows me to do the work that needs to be done to advance Christianity."

And the disco beat goes on ...



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