Minnesota Poets Slams Michele Bachmann For Husband’s Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Clinic

Last month at the 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Minneapolis, poet Sierra DeMulder delivered a scathing take down of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) centered around the alleged gay “conversion therapy” center run by the congresswoman’s husband Marcus Bachmann.

With her one minute entry in the competition, the young poet accused Bachmann of refusing to “acknowledge the bullying of gay students in your district” because of the money her family makes from the clinic. “When another gay teenager commits suicide in Minnesota,” DeMulder said, “you consider this free advertising. You buy a new necklace for every hanging, a bottle of Merlot for each overdose, your husband sends ‘thank you’ cards to their funeral, hand-signed, all referrals welcomed.”

The poem ends with an imagined conversation between Bachmann and her “youngest daughter,” with DeMulder advising the mother to tell her daughter, “God is the bully with the biggest fist and you can only hope that he is on your side!”

Controversy surrounding Marcus Bachmann’s clinic erupted during Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign in 2011. The candidate defended the clinic publicly against accusations that patients had undergone “gay therapy” to “cure” their homosexuality.

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(h/t Huffington Post)

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