Happy ending?

On eBay from March 9 to March 18 there were approximately 650 massage tables If or sale, but only one, a decade-old violet table looking worn and sporting a few small tears, was listed as "a piece of Ted Haggard history" and "the table where it all happened." Mike Jones, the former escort who outed then--evangelical leader Ted Haggard last November by claiming Haggard paid him for sex and meth during a three-year affair, listed the table in early March. Proceeds were premised to Denver's Project Angel Heart, which delivers meals to sick people.

But after garnering over 40 bids and reaching $1,275, the table was pulled from the site a few hours before bidding was to dose. Jones told The [Colorado Springs, Colo.] Gazette that eBay told him it pulled the item because it violated the site's charity policy, which ensures profits go to charitable causes and not the seller. But Jones believes eBay was flooded with complaints by the "ex-gay" ministry Transforming Congregations, which posted a bulletin on its Web site urging Christians to threaten a boycott if the table wasn't removed. As of press time, me table had been relisted on eBay, and Transforming Congregations was again threatening a boycott. Even if it gets pulled a second time, Jones is cool with it. He told The Gazette, "Maybe I'll just hang on to it until my book comes out. Maybe I can promote it that way." His book, I Had to Say Something: The Art of Ted Haggard's Fall, comes out in June.