MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Dr. Marcus Bachmann, husband of U.S. Representative and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, referred to homosexuals as “barbarians” and that they “needed to be educated.”

According to Think Progress, last summer Dr. Bachmann explained his position on homosexuality while offering theoretical advice to parents concerned that one of their children was gay.

“We have to understand: barbarians need to be educated,” Bachmann said. “They need to be disciplined.

Just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn’t mean that we are supposed to go down that road. That’s what is called the sinful nature. We have a responsibility as parents and as authority figures not to encourage such thoughts and feelings from moving into the action steps…”