New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie found himself in quite a pickle this week when he didn't exactly come out against "ex-gay" therapy, which is currently facing court time in his state. After facing backlash and a PR nightmare from his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, Christie's office released a statement of clarification late Thursday night.

We're right up there in the North Pole alongside Santa Claus, as far as Paul Scalia, son of vehement homophobe Justice Antonin Scalia, is concerned. Looks like the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 

The recent challenges to California's ban on "ex gay" therapy for minors provided sound-off points for Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night's the Colbert Report. Check out Stephen's fruit-filled take on conversion therapy after the jump!

Members of the Anoka-Hennepin School Board refused to cave to the anti-gay PTA known as the Parents Action League yesterday when they voted to drop the policy that required teachers to take a "neutral" stance on homosexuality. They replaced it with a new policy that encourages acceptance and discussion on differences.  So what does the new policy entail, and what’s the backlash?

The folks at Second City (the improv institution responsible for Sassy Gay Friend) have breathed life into the lifeless yet again to give Michele and Marcus Bachmann a voice to 'splain their history with "ex gay therapy." Follow the jump to watch.

Joe Jervis points us to a horror story brewing at the hands hooves of the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs, which has launched a local franchise of the "Courage International," a deplorable 12-step program intended to relieve homosexuals "uncomfortable with their lifestyle" of the burden of homosexual impulses. 

“It’s not about therapy and not about activism,” said the Rev. Larry Brennan, diocese director of priest formation. “It’s about support. The exercise of sexuality is reserved for marriage, and that can only happen between a man and a woman."

The Colorado Springs franchise, one of about 100 over the world, is evidence enough of the Catholic self-fulfilling prophecy: tell gay men they are sinners, inflict inner-torment...