All Things Profane and Sacred

I watched a great documentary on Tammy Faye Bakker the other night. It was called "The eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker" and was narrated by RuPaul. It surprised me because not only did I learn a whole lot about the PTL scandle, but I found myself actually likeing Tammy Faye Bakker. Her and Jim weren't like these modern Christians, who, to be frank, are sort of scary. Tammy Faye had AIDS victims on her show (at a time when AIDS victims were almost entirely homosexual and AIDS was being called GRID-gay related immune deficiency disorder) and told her viewers that as Christians they should be reaching out to those who are suffering from diseases. She talked frankly about her drug addiction and how nice tripping was, except for when it wasn't (there is also some great footage from their shows to illustrate this period in her life). She even visited with the reporter who broke the scandle, confronted him (and left him speechless) about what she felt was the unfairness of the scandle (out of 158 million dollars Jim Bakker raised, he was accused of embezzling 3 million), and then signed a copy of his book for a charity auction. Watch it if you get the chance-it's good.