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The era of civility was on full display during Friday night’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” In the midst of a conversation about Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus Bachmann’s Christian counseling clinic (recently underfire for attempting to turn gays straight through prayer), comedian Marc Maron spoke about how he thinks about “angrily ****ing” the Republican presidential candidate. “I don’t want to be crass, but I just hope that Marcus Bachmann takes all that, ya know, that rage that comes from repression and denial and brings it into the bedroom with her,” Maron said. “I hope he **** her angrily,...

irst things first: the clip that liberal blogs have been pushing was not doctored in any way, as apparently has been claimed. You can find the whole thing here starting just after the 50:00 mark, and here is the relevant excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy2P664NGaI Host: Could you add the word “experiment” to that? Bachmann: Well, certainly. There’s that curiosity. But again, we, like you know, it is as if we have to understand: barbarians need to be educated. They need to be disciplined. And just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn’t mean that we’re supposed to go down that road.

Michele Bachmann must have had an interesting chat with her openly lesbian stepsister when she came out. The Minnesota Republican, whose anti-gay remarks have got the political world talking, will have had some explaining to do to Helen LaFave. A video of Ms LaFave talking positively about Democrat Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009 with her long-term partner Nia Wronski has emerged.

I’ve been hearing whispers that Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, is gay for a while. It’s now exploding into a full-on meme. Given my early bedtime, I’m always at least a day late on “Daily Show” bits. Last night, I saw this episode from Wednesday: CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO Now, I admit, Marcus Bachmann is pudgy and has a less-than-baritone voice. But, last I checked, those aren’t the distinguishing characteristics of homosexuality. Apparently, gay activist Dan Savage has started pushing the meme hard, too. And Slate’s June Thomas is calling him out: Dan Savage begins each of his “Savage...

...In a speech at a mega-church in the Minneapolis area back in 2006, Michele Bachmann explained her decision to pursue tax law. It wasn't her choice, exactly. God had already told her to go to law school; God had also told her to marry a fellow named Marcus Bachmann. Now Marcus told her "to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law." This was not a particular desire of Michele's ("Tax law? I hate taxes!"), but she was certain God was speaking through her husband. "Why should I go and do something like that?" she recalled thinking. "But the...