Leno confronts Bachmann on anti-gay views
Late night talk show host Jay Leno appears to have been the first interviewer to get a response from US Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann on gay-related issues since she hit the campaign trail.
Bachmann has been cagey on the issue of same-sex marriage since entering the presidential race despite previously outspoken views on the matter. It was revealed earlier in the year that her husband, Marcus Bachmann, runs a counselling service that uses public funds to ‘cure’ people of their homosexuality.
The Tea Party favourite has previously defined homosexuality as “part of Satan” and refuses to answer questions on school bullying issues in her Minnesota congressional district despite public health officials labeling it a “suicide contagion area”.
Bachmann seemed to be taken off-guard by Leno’s questions in the usually light-hearted interview segment last week. Saying she was “convicted” of her beliefs.
“If you become president — and you seem pretty strident in your views…,” Jay Leno began.
“Convicted. I’m convicted,” Bachmann said.
“Convicted?” Leno replied. “No, you don’t get convicted until after you’re in office. That’s later. You have to get elected first.”
She also joked about her ‘ex-gay’ clinic, with limited success.
Watch the awkward exchange below:
Judging by the time of the posting and the language, I’d say “Dee” is a Bachmann staffer mopping-up the worldwide fallout of this pathetic appearance by a firm anti-gay figurehead. Go have another cup of tea behind your fence “Dee” ….
Dee, I couldn’t care less what polygamists want nor do I speak for them. All I know is that for two men or two women to marry each other is hardly “special” given that any man and any woman already have such a right.
In fact, if the “special” status is a problem for you (as you put it) then why don’t you campaign for the abolition of marriage altogether?
I also hope you enjoy this gay website. Happy browsing.
Funny how this is called anti-gay…I’d call it pro-marriage. If someone is struggling with being homosexual, why not let them seek counseling?
Not everyone gets to be married. Why are gays more special than polygamists or those who wish to marry a close relative? All of them are consenting adults. If you want to move a fence, be sure you understand why it was put there in the first place.
Only in the USA is that a confrontation everywhere else its called be let of the hook.