Better Know Bachmann: Homosexuality is “Part of Satan”
July 22, 2011
HRC Backstory this week highlighted some of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s more egregious statements about the LGBT community. In order to defend her thoughts on the LGBT community, Bachmann had this to say at the EdWatch National Education Conference in 2004...
Continue Reading ►Better Know Bachmann: The Truth About Civil Rights and Same-Sex Marriage
July 21, 2011
"This isn’t an issue of equality or civil rights for gay people. This is going to take away civil rights and civil liberties from all,” Rep. Michele Bachmann warned Minnesotans of same-sex marriage in 2004. Flash forward to present-day, Bachmann’s perspective hasn’t much changed.
Continue Reading ►Better Know Bachmann: On Marriage Equality
July 20, 2011
Rep. Michele Bachmann has spoken out for years against legislation that would provide any sort of protection of same-sex marriage and has condemned Obama’s support of the Respect for Marriage Act. Stand up against homophobia and tell Congress how marriage discrimination affects you.
Continue Reading ►Better Know Bachmann: On Hate Crimes
July 19, 2011
Though Rep. Michele Bachmann is working now to reshape her public persona into that of a deficit-cutter, her popularity is piggy-backed on a reputation of anti-gay rhetoric.
Continue Reading ►Call on GOP Presidential Candidates to Denounce Dangerous “Reparative” Therapy
July 12, 2011
Last week Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann demonstrated a dangerous level of extremism by signing her name to the far-right group the Family Leader’s pledge “The Marriage Vow: A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.” Not surprisingly, Rick Santorum also signed the anti-LGBT pledge. Today, HRC is calling on the GOP candidates for President to disavow the dangerous “ex-gay” or “reparative therapies” endorsed by Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus, a practicing, but unlicensed Minnesota psychologist whose clinic has been known to practice these therapies. Join us by signing our petition. Michele Bachmann is obviously out of touch with mainstream America. Unfortunately her extremism rises to a dangerous level. Reparative therapy, the kind endorsed by Bachman, has been strongly denounced by leading medical organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association. Both organizations have concluded that same-sex attraction is normal and attempts to change it could be harmful. Learn more about the lies and dangers of reparative therapy at www.hrc.org/reparativetherapy.
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