Paul Cameron, PhD, has been accused by the gay lobby of multiple things. Whether it be his removal from the APA, his "misrepresentation" of research, or his overall research quality. Actually, the more I read into him, the more credible he becomes. Which is odd, because almost everything is in opposition to him. Lets go down the list of claims.
I will use this website for the main claims against Cameron.
1.) "[Cameron has been] Rejected by the scientific community for fraudulent research and misrepresenting the research of others." Actually, this claim (misrepresentation) is based on a court case. Generally, I don't know if a federal judge should be in control of this. I think other academics must also comment to validate the courts finding. And, this has happened. A correction to a dissertation from Capella University, formerly agreeing with the courts, has changed opinions, noting that there is no proof that Cameron has willfully misrepresented research. They have noted his extensive contribution to the research of homosexuality, and the way they explain his contributions seems to put him in a favorable light. Second, they merely assert that his research is fraudulent, and give no proof. There is actually a lot of literature which replicates his research.
2.) "Cameron was dropped from membership in the American Psychological Association in 1984 for ethical violations concerning his biased research. That same year, the Psychological Association in his home state of Nebraska adopted a formal resolution disassociating itself from Cameron's work." Here are the original letters. We see that first, Cameron resigned, he did not get dropped. Further, Cameron quit because he thought that the APA was unfair, biased, and that the APA no longer held a proper view based on the evidence. Nothing is wrong with this. Of course the APA will disassociate itself, because they do no agree with Cameron. The APA response, see the link, was that they no longer agree with Cameron. That's it. Not that he is a liar, discredited, etc. The critics of Cameron misread the resignation fury. Note that he was dropped after he resigned. If anything, he was never really found guilty. Cameron further notes (see link from Capella): "Having no APA charges against me, 26 years ago, on November 7, 1982, I resigned and got a letter of acknowledgement from the President of the APA November 29, 1982. My letter explaining my reasons for my resignation, as requested by the APA President, was published in the Monitor in March 1983. My letter said that I believed the APA had abandoned its scientific stance and become an advocate for abortion and gay rights. Following the publication of this letter, the APA informed me I had been dropped from membership while under charges. I have since been asked at least three times to rejoin." To rephrase: at the time of resignation, he was not being investigated. Then, after he resigned, the APA attempted to claim that he was dropped after he resigned. But reading the original documents refuted their claim. And since then, they have wanted him back, which kinda refuted the part where people think that he scientific community hates him.
3.) "his sworn statement that homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals" is based upon the same distorted data and, the Court notes, is directly contrary to other evidence presented at trial besides the testimony of Dr. Simon and Dr. Marmour. (553 F. Supp. 1121 at 1130 n.18.)" This is based on an old survey, which was updated and used superior datasets, which have been confirmed by other surveys. His overall numbers have stayed the same.
4.) "According to an interview with former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Cameron was recommending the extermination option as early as 1983." - Mark E. Pietrzyk,
News-Telegraph, March 10, 1995" Cameron writes (see replication link), "The Forum interviewer remarked that many societies have considered homosexuality a capital crime. Noting that it would be cheaper to kill homosexuals in primitive societies than jail or quarantine them is hardly an endorsement. In fact, Cameron is quoted in the same article as saying that such an idea is “not politically, ethically or socially acceptable” today. Where former Surgeon General Koop got his information is mystifying. He never asked Dr. Cameron whether he advocated such a policy."
5.) And the last part is about homosexuality taking over heterosexuality because homosexuality "feels better". He never said this. He said that it "feels better", basically, and that if we don't condone it to some degree people will experiment with it. Its a pretty logical statement. People do things unless they are condoned, people want to be accepted. Now, I don't agree with him, homosexual sex sounds gross more than anything, but he is correct that if we fully embrace homosexuality, homosexual rates will likely increase somewhat.
I will use this website for the main claims against Cameron.
1.) "[Cameron has been] Rejected by the scientific community for fraudulent research and misrepresenting the research of others." Actually, this claim (misrepresentation) is based on a court case. Generally, I don't know if a federal judge should be in control of this. I think other academics must also comment to validate the courts finding. And, this has happened. A correction to a dissertation from Capella University, formerly agreeing with the courts, has changed opinions, noting that there is no proof that Cameron has willfully misrepresented research. They have noted his extensive contribution to the research of homosexuality, and the way they explain his contributions seems to put him in a favorable light. Second, they merely assert that his research is fraudulent, and give no proof. There is actually a lot of literature which replicates his research.
2.) "Cameron was dropped from membership in the American Psychological Association in 1984 for ethical violations concerning his biased research. That same year, the Psychological Association in his home state of Nebraska adopted a formal resolution disassociating itself from Cameron's work." Here are the original letters. We see that first, Cameron resigned, he did not get dropped. Further, Cameron quit because he thought that the APA was unfair, biased, and that the APA no longer held a proper view based on the evidence. Nothing is wrong with this. Of course the APA will disassociate itself, because they do no agree with Cameron. The APA response, see the link, was that they no longer agree with Cameron. That's it. Not that he is a liar, discredited, etc. The critics of Cameron misread the resignation fury. Note that he was dropped after he resigned. If anything, he was never really found guilty. Cameron further notes (see link from Capella): "Having no APA charges against me, 26 years ago, on November 7, 1982, I resigned and got a letter of acknowledgement from the President of the APA November 29, 1982. My letter explaining my reasons for my resignation, as requested by the APA President, was published in the Monitor in March 1983. My letter said that I believed the APA had abandoned its scientific stance and become an advocate for abortion and gay rights. Following the publication of this letter, the APA informed me I had been dropped from membership while under charges. I have since been asked at least three times to rejoin." To rephrase: at the time of resignation, he was not being investigated. Then, after he resigned, the APA attempted to claim that he was dropped after he resigned. But reading the original documents refuted their claim. And since then, they have wanted him back, which kinda refuted the part where people think that he scientific community hates him.
3.) "his sworn statement that homosexuals abuse children at a proportionately greater incident than do heterosexuals" is based upon the same distorted data and, the Court notes, is directly contrary to other evidence presented at trial besides the testimony of Dr. Simon and Dr. Marmour. (553 F. Supp. 1121 at 1130 n.18.)" This is based on an old survey, which was updated and used superior datasets, which have been confirmed by other surveys. His overall numbers have stayed the same.
4.) "According to an interview with former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Cameron was recommending the extermination option as early as 1983." - Mark E. Pietrzyk,
News-Telegraph, March 10, 1995" Cameron writes (see replication link), "The Forum interviewer remarked that many societies have considered homosexuality a capital crime. Noting that it would be cheaper to kill homosexuals in primitive societies than jail or quarantine them is hardly an endorsement. In fact, Cameron is quoted in the same article as saying that such an idea is “not politically, ethically or socially acceptable” today. Where former Surgeon General Koop got his information is mystifying. He never asked Dr. Cameron whether he advocated such a policy."
5.) And the last part is about homosexuality taking over heterosexuality because homosexuality "feels better". He never said this. He said that it "feels better", basically, and that if we don't condone it to some degree people will experiment with it. Its a pretty logical statement. People do things unless they are condoned, people want to be accepted. Now, I don't agree with him, homosexual sex sounds gross more than anything, but he is correct that if we fully embrace homosexuality, homosexual rates will likely increase somewhat.
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