Days Later, Times Plants Bachmann 'Gay Therapy' Story on Sunday Front Page

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg traveled to Minnesota to pile on the Bachmanns days after a hidden-camera investigation ran on two networks: "Yet her position has also become a distraction for her campaign, drawing critics and subjecting her family to the kind of scrutiny once reserved for the relatives of nominees. It has exposed a longstanding rift between the congresswoman and her stepsister, who is a lesbian. It has also raised questions about whether her husband, Marcus, who runs two Christian counseling centers, practices 'reparative therapy,' or gay-to-straight counseling, derided by critics as an effort to 'pray away the gay.'"

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Marcus Bachmann, husband to Minnesota congresswoman and G.O.P. presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, runs a Christian counseling center in Minnesota that has come under fire from liberals for allegedly promoting 'reparative therapy' for homosexuals. Several days after a hidden-camera investigation from a gay activist group was played on ABC and NBC, the story was prominently displayed on the front page of the Sunday New York Times.

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Days Later, Times Plants Bachmann 'Gay Therapy' Story on Sunday Front Page