Spank Away the Gay

Former Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, center, speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. He was joined by Rev. Joe Ellison, Jr, left, and Bishop Gerald Glenn, right, and... Former Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, center, speaks during a news conference in Richmond, Va. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. He was joined by Rev. Joe Ellison, Jr, left, and Bishop Gerald Glenn, right, and a group of pastors, all of whom objected to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's decision to keep prayers nondenominational at some public events. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown) MORE LESS
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On Tuesday Coloradans elected a new virulently anti-gay state legislator and exorcist who among his other accomplishments once, purportedly, performed an exorcism on President Obama – which apparently didn’t work. But Gordon Klingenschmitt also argues that one of the potential cures for homosexuality is spanking – which suggests that Klingenschmitt has either never been to a Pride parade or is perhaps a Ted Haggard in the making.

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