The following are a few comments posted about my series on homosexuality in America. Since he was maligned so, I took the opportunity to contact Dr. Cameron and his rebuttal can be read on my website, http//genelalor.com. [MY COMMENTS ON THE COMMENTS ARE IN BRACKETS.]
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Freeper mommy. said, in August 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Wow, what good references you have! [SARCASM?]
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Zoe Brain said, in August 4th, 2008 at 2:26 am
The source for the Family Research Council’s pamphlet is Dr Paul Cameron.
He either resigned , or was expelled (depending upon who you believe) from the American Psychological Association in 1983 over ethics issues - making stuff up, falsifying data. [LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND PHONY STATS]
In 1984 the Nebraska Psychological Association issued a statement disassociating itself “from the representations and interpretations of scientific literature offered by Dr. Paul Cameron”.
In 1986 the American Sociological Association, following a report from its Committee on the Status of Homosexuals in Sociology, passed a resolution condemning Dr. Cameron for “consistent misrepresentation of sociological research”.
In 1996, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Psychological Association approved a position statement disassociating the organisation from Cameron’s work on sexuality, stating that he had “consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism”
Anything Dr Cameron says requires cross-checking with other sources.
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[Zoe, Zoe, Zoe!
Do see my previous articles and DO try not to wallow in fibs and innuendo!
Cameron was not expelled from the APA. As for the criticisms by other organizations, we all know–or should know–that they too have their own agendas, just as the American Psychiatric Association had when it caved to pressures from the gay lobby to change its diagnosis of homosexuality as being deranged.
And, in the interests of fairness and objectivity, please advise if you are gay.]
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Jamie In Las Vegas said, in August 4th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Paul Cameron’s research has long been rebutted, disproven, debunked, pick your word. Just logically speaking, much of his statistics make no sense, whether or not he has been blasted by his peers–which he has.
Feel free to use Cameron’s statistics among your Freeper audience, [JAMIE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE A BIG FAN OF NEWREPUBLIC.COM] but don’t be surprised to be utterly ignored in a more mainstream arena. Cameron’s “science” is worthless.
One source (there are many others):
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_cameron.html
And yep, I’m gay.
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[Berlet98 said, in August 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Jamie, you seem all in a lather!
Unfortunately for gays and for society, Cameron’s stats make a great deal of sense.
As for his “peers” and the mainstream arena/media, their objectivity has long been in disrepute, especially in the case of the author of that UCDavis piece. One cannot expect objectivity in a discussion over the
homosexual “lifestyle” from a guy who has spent most of his adult life defending it, now can one?
I did seek out Dr. Cameron for his take on the matter and he graciously provided the following links for your perusal:
http://www.familyresearchinst.org and
http://www.ejssb.org.
If you are really interested in the truth on this matter, I suggest you review them, as well as his website. However, I think we all know you won’t.
Good luck!]
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Jamie in Las Vegas said, in August 5th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Nope, not in a lather. A little frustrated, perhaps. Mostly because I know that the views of Cameron–and thus those who put their trust in his findings–are wrong. But I can’t do anything about it, because any source I give you, you will dismiss as readily as you assume I will of the ones you provided me.
There is an impasse here that is unlikely to be breached, least of all by me, a guy with a little-noticed blog. I’ve commented just a couple of times here, with only one aim.
That is to tell you and your readers that the things here at your site on homosexuality (and on sites like Free Republic) seem so far off base to a gay person like me. The assumptions made about gay people are unlike anything that actually exists in my life, or the lives of any gay people I know.
It is impossible to take your views seriously when I know for a fact that much of what is said is false. Unfortunately whenever I try to point that out, I’m accused of lying, subterfuge or lack of intelligence. I’d just like people to consider that–not being gay themselves–they just MIGHT have some preconceived notions that aren’t true.
I don’t need to research what being gay is all about. I AM gay. And I know that my life is not reflected by Cameron’s outrageous studies, nor by most of what I’ve read here.
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[SEE DR. PAUL CAMERON’S REBUTTAL ON HTTP://GENELALOR.COM/]