Ex-Gay Therapist Marcus Bachmann Lies about ‘Doctored’ Tapes
Christian therapist Marcus Bachmann, husband of Republican presidential runner Michele Bachmann, has been caught in a big lie.
Late last month, recordings emerged of a 2010 radio interview with the Bachmann. He said:
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 that we’re supposed to go down that road. That’s what’s called a “sinful nature.” And we have a responsibility as parents and as authority figures not to encourage such thoughts and feelings [from] moving into the action steps.
Last week, Bachmann — who has since been shown to be offering gay-to-straight conversion therapy at his Minnesota clinic — denied his comments had anything to do with homosexuality and said the tape had been altered. Now MSNBC’s Hardball has stepped in to clear up the confusion by providing the unedited interview in its original context:
Yes, Bachmann made the offensive and homophobic “barbarians” comment, and no, the recording was not doctored. Bachmann just lied.
Hat-tip: Pam’s House Blend
Whenever someone of his ilk is busted, there are defenders who treat the situation as if gay terrorists threaten Christians everywhere. That such investigations are vicious and an attempt at character assassination. Their perception of who is doing what to whom, sure is taken to insane proportions.
For them it IS perception. Without evidence or facts or truth. For gay folks and their supporters, it’s evidence based reality.
From this week’s episode of Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me:
This is why I love Peter Sagal … so much truth in the funny!