May 1st, 2006
Bound to Happen
Last week, The Family Research Institute released a press release, boasting the publication of Paul Cameron’s article in the Journal of Biosocial Science. The press release was distributed by the Christian Newswire which goes out to this list of media outlets. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is already being citied on radio programs I don’t listen to, just as I predicted in my previous post in which I explained how his published myths could morph into “conventional wisdom”:
The real danger is how ultra-conservatives who don’t care to dig deeper will take the research, based only on the title, and run with it, cite it, reference it on AM Radio. I can hear it now: “According to a report released by Cambridge University Press — now this is not some fly-by-night-publication here folks — here’s what they reported in May 2006: Children of homosexuals are more likely to become homosexual under their parents’ influence. All the more reason for you to pick up the phone, call your senator, and tell him you want him to make sure he helps pass [insert anti-gay family bill du jour here].”
Related Posts:
April 20: Context and Qualifiers: More on Cameron’s research and my book
April 17: Children of Homosexuals More Apt To Disdain Paul Cameron
February 9: How is Paul Cameron able to sleep at night?
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My Dad is gay and has/had four children all of whom are straight.
All that Paul Cameron is accomplishing is to create insecurities in teenagers and younger that otherwise would not exist.
He is also giving others reasons to hate their neighbors over issues they shouldn’t have.
As the son of a Gay Parent for 41 years, I am not gay.
If Mr. Cameron should ever come to Pensacola Florida, and would have a heart attack, would he be offended if I or my Dad gave him CPR and saved his life?
I would hate to offend him.
If you are claiming that children of gay “families” are not more inclined to be gay (and it appears you are), then please provide some research that proves otherwise.
From what I’ve read so far, it is your own research that proves Cameron’s point. I’m still waiting for you to prove otherwise….
[...] Garner has written extensively about this on her blog, Damn Straight. She also unsuccessfully contacted Cambridge University Press to have them further investigate Cameron’s article before publication. (One might think they would have stopped it on the grounds of sloppy science, if nothing else.) Note that Garner does not deny that some children of LGBT parents turn out to be LGBT. She objects to the fact that a discredited homophobe is distorting the material in her book as part of his deceptive attempt to build a case against gay parenting. [...]