CBS has apparently deleted a David
Letterman joke about Michele and Marcus Bachmann's Christian
counseling clinics.
The Bachmanns run two clinics in
Minnesota. Critics have noted that counselors at the clinics
practice “reparative” therapy, which attempts to alter a gay
person's sexual orientation.
Michele Bachmann had earlier defended
the practice by saying that not including the therapy would be
discriminatory.
Letterman told Late Show viewers
during his monologue that he was tired of the multiple Republican
debates.
“Tired of this idiotic yaking and
yaking,” he said. “And they were all there tonight. Newt was
there. Mitt was there. Herman was there. Michele O'Bachmann was
there, checking coats.”
“And if you're a homosexual, her
husband will take care of ya,” Letterman said with a laugh.
“He's got a thing, a camp or a clinic
or something. And if you're a homosexual and you feel you're in the
need of some special treatment or counseling, he'll take care of
you.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
Gay blog Towleroad
noticed that CBS had pulled the joke from its official website. The
network acted perhaps after Bachmann
complained that the Jimmy Fallon show band had displayed sexism
and bias during her Tuesday appearance on NBC's Late Night.