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ABC News on Marcus Bachmann's "Pray the Gay Away" Therapy

Recent weeks have seen a renewed focus on the relentless homophobia of GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and husband Dr. Marcus Bachmann, the Christian counselor who believes there is a "homosexual agenda" and has referred to gays as "barbarians." Bachmann's "counseling" clinic receives substantial public funding and claims it can cure homosexuality through prayer.

ABC News' Nightline packaged a segment last night on the recent undercover investigation conducted by Truth Wins Out's John Becker. Watch it AFTER THE JUMP ...

VIDEO: Ed Schultz, Mike Rogers on the Bachmanns' Homophobia

Ed Schultz and The Ed Show took on the relentless homophobia of GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. The show also profiled husband Dr. Marcus Bachmann, the Christian counselor recently profiled in the Washington Post—who believes there is a “homosexual agenda" and has referred to gays as "barbarians."

"He has received hundreds of thousands of public funding from Medicare," said Raw Story's Mike Rogers, the  investigative reporter known for outing closeted anti-gay politicians such as Ken Mehlman and Larry Craig. "Right there you have a disconnect, because his [wife] doesn't believe in [Medicare]. Yet he is accepting all this money to perform ex-gay therapy which is dangerous."

Rogers has a few questions about Dr. Bachmann's closet, too ...

Rogers, Schultz and Daily Beast writer Michelle Goldberg discuss the Bachmanns' homophobia, the Republican Party's anti-gay agenda and recent GOP strides on LGBT rights. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...