Marcus Bachmann says his clinics not anti-gay, claims "barbarian" tape was doctored.

[jefferson_dem]

:spray: ... Right.

Marcus Bachmann says his clinics not anti-gay

Article by: TONY KENNEDY , Star Tribune Updated: July 15, 2011 - 12:33 AM
Therapists will oblige if patients ask for counseling to become heterosexual, but they don't force treatment, he said.

The husband of Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann has come forward to defend his family-owned Christian counseling business against growing questions and criticism that it benefited from federal payments and tries to turn homosexuals straight.

Marcus Bachmann, who runs Bachmann & Associates Inc. out of clinics in Lake Elmo and Burnsville, said in an interview with the Star Tribune that his treatment business is not focused on converting gays to heterosexuality. He also denied that he has ever called gay people barbarians.

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Marcus Bachmann said counselors at his clinics follow the wishes of patients and don't force any treatment.

"This individual came to us under a false pretense,'' Bachmann said. "The truth of the matter is he specifically asked for help.''

A doctored recording?

Meanwhile, an audiotape circulating on the Internet depicts Bachmann as calling gays barbarians in a 2010 interview he gave to the "Point of View" Christian radio talk show.

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Bachmann said that someone must have doctored the recording of the interview, in which he addressed child discipline as well as homosexuality and sex education.

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/125610083.html

[polichick]

1. What about the charge that he and his wife are nutcakes?

[CTyankee]

2. I really enjoy it every time this guy opens his mouth and speaks.

He should speak more often. I love the sound of his voice.

[Ikonoklast]

5. I heard him for the first time the other day.

Oh, boy.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Today was the first day I heard some audio of this guy.

Ummm... okay.

You gotta be kidding me with this, was my reaction. This has got to be some kind of joke, or grand troll.

Dude is like Paul Lynde/Charles Nelson Reilly levels of flaming.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Doctored?

Cry me a river Marcus. . . Unless Not So Breitbart released the tape/had someone go undercover for his craptastic suite of sites - it's simply not believable. rec

[Raine1967]

4. Can I have a glass of Shadenfreude?

It was just a few years ago she was praising Jimmy O'Keefe for the damage done to ACORN:


Taking the stage, Bachmann thanked Schlafly, calling her an inspiration as a mother who transitioned into conservative politics, and said she considered the conference “a farewell party for ACORN!” The community organization group, she said, was the first, not the last, weak link in the liberal establishment.

“Defunding the left is going to be so easy,” said Bachmann, “and it’s going to solve so many of our problems.” She praised James O’Keefe III and Hannah Giles, the people behind the ACORN sting. “Hannah and James used Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ — that’s the community organizer’s bible — against ACORN! Brilliant!”

http://washingtonindependent.com/61037/bachmann-in-st-louis-defund-the-left-beware-one-world-currency

[Crowman1979]

6. Apparently RW-nutjobs have collective amnesia and pretend that the internet doesn't exist.

[Scottybeamer70]

8. Poor Marcus.......

he simply forgot about that pesky little thing called a "recorder".

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Of course he would say that....

he is a lying piece of shit.

[tallahasseedem]

10. Oh FFS...

this Republican victim act is really old.