Does Kevin Smith Have a Marcus Bachmann Problem?

Marcus Bachmann, the husband of GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, has come under fire for his faith-based counseling clinic where counselors reportedly “pray away the gay,” claiming they can convert gays to heterosexuals through Christian payer.

This so-called “reparative” or “conversion” therapy has been roundly rejected by all mainstream health and mental health professional organizations as unscientific and dangerous.

While lacking support among mainstream organizations, “ex-gay” therapy does have advocates among some conservative fringe groups. In New Hampshire, one need look no further than Cornerstone Policy Research and its legislative action arm, Cornerstone Action.

On the Cornerstone website, the Helpful Links page provides links to discredited ‘ex-gay’ therapy groups Love Won Out, National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), Exodus International and Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays. And now we learn Kevin Smith, Cornerstone’s executive director, is “thinking seriously” about running for governor. Let the buyer beware.

(h/t: Good As You)