Michele & Marcus Bachmann's Clinic Targeted In Glitter Prank (VIDEO)

A group of gay rights activists targeted a Minnesota clinic owned by Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus in a prank involving glitter on Thursday.

The situation that unfolded at Bachmann & Associates Inc. comes in the wake of reports on controversial therapy methods allegedly practiced at the center. The Nation recently reported that the clinic offers reparative therapy, which the publication explains treats being gay as a curable disorder.

Earlier this month, when a reporter for Iowa-based station WQAD asked Bachmann to weigh in on such practices and whether they are used at the Minnesota clinic, the conservative congresswoman declined to address the matter.

Here's an excerpt of a release issued by the activists involved in the prank at the clinic:

Today a horde of gay barbarians descended upon Michele and Marcus Bachmann’s “pray away the gay” clinic and demanded that Marcus come out and discipline them for their “deviant” behavior.

Marcus Bachmann, who conducts “reparative therapy” at the clinic intended to convert homosexuals, has said that gays are “barbarians who need to be disciplined.” The horde requested to speak directly with Bachmann and experience some “discipline” for themselves.

When Marcus was no where to be found, the barbarians glittered the empty waiting room and reception area while chanting, “You can’t pray away the gay — baby, I was born this way!”

The action was organized by the same young man who threw glitter on Newt Gingrich, starting a national trend in political protest of anti-LGBT sentiments from political candidates and campaigns.

“Michele and Marcus Bachmann think gay people are barbarians?” asked LGBT activist Nick Espinosa. “I think its clear to everyone who the real barbarians are, based on the Bachmanns’ archaic views on LGBT equality.”

Espinosa, who the Associated Press notes has also used the name Robert Erickson, posted video of the incident online. In May, he pulled a similar stunt on GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista in Minneapolis.

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Comments

[stepintothelight]

06:09 PM on 08/08/2011

This place is as legitimate as a rehab retreat run by Charlie Sheen.

[wellvpn]

04:18 AM on 08/03/2011

Best stunt in a long time :)

[Mark Sartor]

12:22 PM on 07/25/2011

Marcus needs his GAY prayed away. The hypocrite.

[Atwill]

08:29 AM on 07/24/2011

I would love to see gays glitter hompobic relegious leaders right in their churhes, during services.

[Charles Fortner]

09:59 AM on 07/24/2011

hmmm. how about Westboro Baptist at their planned new york event?

[Atwill]

10:21 AM on 07/24/2011

Yes, but they would probably sue, but then if you are fat enough and they dont know who you are, who cares?

[BoFo]

06:17 PM on 07/24/2011

You really need to check this out:

"Epic Win! Jason beats Westboro Baptist Church with a Fund-Raiser at their protest!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Of_2ykZpQ

[LibDisorder]

07:23 AM on 07/24/2011

These are adults? The parents must be so proud.

[Atwill]

08:27 AM on 07/24/2011

I encourage glittering. If my kids wanted to glitter a homophobe, most of all a relegious leader, and most of all if they did it in his / her church, i'd buy them a bucket full of glitter and drive them to their target.

[LibDisorder]

11:01 AM on 07/24/2011

Hmm, and if their 'target' was allergic to the alloy in the glitter, or was otherwise harmed accidentally.... what then? Its all good?

[spilkus]

10:12 AM on 07/25/2011

LibDisorder, what's in your closet? You ever wonder what your big hang-up about glitter stems from?

[Lilly-G]

11:57 PM on 07/23/2011

This clinic is and will continue to be an embarrassment for Michelle. She can't lie about it any longer, it is what it is....only fundies think this works anyway.

[Lila Wilson]

09:50 PM on 07/23/2011

Yet another thing to laugh about in the midst of insanity all around. No, I don't think it's right, but I do think it's funny.

[voiceorason]

08:47 PM on 07/23/2011

These kind of immature pranks just help people like Bachmann. I know that this is just a small group of people at one time, but Bachmann supporters don't always realize that. Some people just think that this is how gays live their day-to-day lives when they see pranks like this.

[colah]

08:11 PM on 07/23/2011

Why oh why didnt I make a video?????

[TerrenceT]

07:16 PM on 07/23/2011

Me and some bros glittered a couple of gays outside the movies this afternoon. Don't get why they didn't think it was so funny.

[beringer37]

07:54 PM on 07/23/2011

Probably because you guys picked the wrong color glitter, some bros have no head for style.

[CONservativeJOB]

08:28 PM on 07/23/2011

Maybe because they're not trying to bash you and take away your rights.

[TerrenceT]

10:27 PM on 07/23/2011

They're trying to take away rights. They're just too weak to be direct about it.

[knott wrench]

06:57 PM on 07/23/2011

One other thing, It's OK Grover. I support PFLAG!

[knott wrench]

06:56 PM on 07/23/2011

The more I think about this, you might wonder also;

Grover "The Gopher" Norquest has been on numerous talk shows over the past week exposing his "No Tax Pledge" mantra. Like Marcus Bachmann, (Michelle's Husband) he does sound and look a bit "Effette" and is a Broard member of GOPround a GOP Gay Activest Group.

Since Michelle will "Sign and Pledge 'Anything'" to be President of the USA, probably including
Grover's, the question is:

Is Grover a "Graduate" of Marcus Bachmann's Clinic?

[JB1977]

05:46 PM on 07/23/2011

Why would Gawd tell Michelle Bachmann to marry a gay guy? She must be questioning that right about now.

[IfIonlyknew]

05:04 PM on 07/23/2011

The Glitter Bugs are wonderful this time of year.

[k9catts]

04:15 PM on 07/23/2011

All Marcus Bachmann had to do was open his mouth and gayder alarms went off everywhere.

His disciplining of the barbarians was the perfect set up for the glitter prank.

This was a very funny video. May it live long and prosper on the "internets"