Coverage of Marcus Bachmann's Bogus Therapy Expands

Personally, I find few things sleazier than the Christianist efforts to perpetuate the "ex-gay" myth which is promoted for two reasons, the first is political and relates to the far rights efforts to dupe the public into believing that sexual orientation is a choice and, therefore that no legal protections should be afforded to LGBT citizens. The second, of course, is money. Desperate individuals and their parents are often willing to pay big bucks to "de-gay" themselves or their children. It's bad enough that individuals have been paying for this snake oil, but Bachmann & Associates has likely been letting tax payers pick up the check for the unethical and ineffective "therapy" via Medicaid reimbursements to the tune of almost $140,000.00. Kudos to my old friend Wayne Besen and John Becker of Truth Wins Out for confirming Bachmann's use of the discredited and fraudulent Fortunately, the media does seem to be smelling the blood in the water that this farce represents for Kool-Aid drinking GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. Yesterday and last night saw growing coverage. Here's a sampling of the coverage. *
Anderson Cooper's 360:
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Lawrence O'Donnell's show:
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The Ed Show on MSNBC:
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Chris Mathews on Hardball:
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Needless to say, the Christofascists are big time unhappy that the fraudulent nature of reparative therapy and its proponents like the Michele and Marcus Bachmann is getting so much mainstream play. Expect more flying spittle from Peter LaBarbera and other anti-gay hate group spokespersons. The last thing they want is for the general public to realize that the ex-gay myth is a deliberate and cynical lie.