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October 5, 2012

Tells Gay Star News: 'Ex-gay therapy is nothing but child abuse. We must stop it'

When Gay Star News caught up with Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen last week, California Governor Jerry Brown had not yet signed a bill into law that bans so-called 'conversation' therapy that attempts to turn gay kids straight.

But Besen seemed so confident that Brown would make California the first state in the US to have such a law, that he was already looking to other states.

December 20, 2011

Michele and Marcus Bachman call Kinsey Report on number of gays in the population 'a myth'

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachman and her husband, Marcus, say they don't believe in the Kinsey Scale frequently used to support the common estimate of 10 percent homosexuality in the general population.

'It's been a myth for many years,' Marcus Bachman said to a female voter who approached the couple at a campaign stop in Iowa on Sunday and asked the candidate to autograph a sign she was carrying which read: 'Gay-friendly Iowan.'

December 18, 2011

Marcus Bachmann promises to support families

If his wife gets elected to the White House, Marcus Bachmann promises his First Spouse agenda will be about families.

As Rep. Michele Bachmann continues looking for Iowa caucus voters, her husband promised in an Le Mars speech to step away from one issue First Lady Michelle Obama is associated with.