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Bachmann Under Fire For Clinic’s “Cure” of Homosexuality

The presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann has raised the question of what is relevant for scrutiny for the media. At issue is the business run by Bachmann and her husband, Marcus: Bachmann and Associates. It is a Christian counseling service and Bachmann has previously referenced the business as her credential as a “small business job creator.” However, reports have emerged of how the clinic offers to “cure” homosexuals and reporters have questioned the veracity of past statements about the clinic. Bachmann, however, insists she wants to talk about job creation and the stories are not relevant to what matters in the campaign.


The article below details the allegations from people who were “treated” at the clinic for homosexuality.

Marcus Bachmann has publicly advocated the use of the Bible to convert homosexuals: “I think you clearly say ‘what is the understanding of God’s word on homosexuality.’ We have to understand barbarians need to be educated. They need to be disciplined and just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn’t mean we’re supposed to go down that road.” Yet he later denied that the clinic was engaged in reparative therapy. However, a gay rights group called “Truth Wins Out” released a video from a hidden camera this week showing such therapy being discussed at the clinic.

I previously wrote how politicians cannot have it both ways on religion. Both Democrats and Republicans (including President Obama) have used their faith as a campaign issue. In this case, Bachmann has touted this clinic as a credential and the controversy ties directly to her past and controversial views regarding homosexuality. If she wishes to lead this nation, these are relevant questions. An estimated 3.5 percent of Americans are gay. That constitutes roughly nine million of citizens.

Dr. Bachmann is shown with Michele Bachmann on his lap on the clinic’s site,though she is not listed separately as a partner. The site states “Dr. Bachmann received his Masters degree in education/counseling from Regent University located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He received his Doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Union Graduate Institute located in Cincinnati, Ohio.”

I do not believe it is fair to attribute the quote above from Marcus to Bachmann. However, this “small business” is going to be justifiably a big issue if it boasts conversion as a treatment.

Source: CNN

44 thoughts on “Bachmann Under Fire For Clinic’s “Cure” of Homosexuality”

  2. Do not tell me that in the Bible it also tells, about rape, incest, murder….Oh my….What shall we tell Alice…..

  3. Not jerking your hand away from the hot burner also takes discipline. Just because you CAN over-ride your basic wiring doesn’t mean the result’s going to be good.

  5. Frank, She pulls them in on the abortion issue. Her democratic opponents have been pro-choice. There are many conservative Catholics in the St. Cloud area.

  6. Gene – her church openly states that the Pope is the anti-christ so I doubt she is running for the job. (It also makes me wonder how she manages to pull in the vast majority of the Catholic voters in her heavily Catholic district).

    How to tell Batshit Bachmann from The Snowbilly Grifter:
    Bachman is not stupid but she is insane
    Palin is not insane but she is stupid

  7. I have trouble listening to her speak. It’s as if she’s reading Revelations to a group of kindergartners. Her husband’s fixation on gay sex is not that of a straight person, and one who asks us to ignore the paucity of burned towns, murders, maimings, the raping of children and women, and general pillaging by the gay barbarian community.

    My conservative friends cannot get their way with rationality, so we have to endure ever escalating rhetoric, ticking off the milestones such as unconstitutional pledges taken before and after the oath of office which are no more than permission slips for continued discrimination.

    Regrettably, people empowered by this sort of thing never back down. They can’t without damaging themselves in any number of ways, and their minds just won’t let them reform. It means this isn’t just going to go away on its own.

    I long for the days when these people just stayed home on election day because they had just enough wisdom left to know most of the country does not care about their backwards beliefs.

  12. Of course it’s relevant. However, there is a much deeper question to consider. I believe we are being treated to bread and circuses regarding the presidential campaign. Although her odious beliefs and this even more odious way of treating other people should be discussed openly and excoriated, we should not let this distract us from what the current govt. is doing.

    Torture, the killing of civilians, support of dictators who murder and torture, harming the poor, sick and elderly, expanding wars of empire and the surveillance state are also odious. These things also need to be opposed by our citizens, right now. They are deserving of excoriation and need to be acted against. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. We can protest the cruelty of possible candidates and we can take action against current cruelty and wrong doing by this administration.

  16. Swm:

    “. It also suggests that more African-American children are born out of wedlock now than they were under slavery.”

    And she also feels that children of slaves was a “two parent” situation,with both parents raising a child,pre sale of course of those parents.This lady is unreal,but at least you know what she’s about.

  17. If Bachmann can actually believe she is a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, she can believe anything. Bachmann is running for the VP slot. She just doesn’t know it yet. The GOP is not about to put this wacko out in front and witness an Obama landslide.

  19. I’ve said this more than once now,due to the subject and I’m going to say it again”.The one that protest the loudest are the ones you better keep and eye on”And they got Government funding from what I have heard,to do some of this “spoken word”miracle work.

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